The funniest thing is reading the comments of his delusional fans. Even at this point almost all of them are certain that he's on track for the record and won't have a bar of anything contrary to that view. It's amazing how dumb and willfully ignorant so many people can be.
Hi all, sorry to be late to the party. Just a holding note from me:
1) What an absolute clusterf**k.
2) Admirably tough is NB, of course I give him that. But I'm an admirably tough golfer - who doesn't break 90. Being admirably tough is no excuse to compare yourself to the greatest in history.
3) First 4 day splits are 100 100 100 55. Of course his fans will hero worship the 100s and point-blank, stone-cold ignore the 55. I reckon today will be about 65-70, although he's just limped off the track, and I never quite know with him whether it's for the last time.
4) The graphic suffering, bandaged up like a mummy, insomnia, horror blisters, and about six different niggles, plus the once an hour chunder and runny tummy is what multidaying is all about, and grist to the mill for my 18 month campaign against the disgrace of Balenger and Goodge loping across continents off an HR of 105 and never having a bad session, let alone a bad day. At least NB and PJ don't appear to brazenly cheat, although I am aware of the grave doubts on his Trans Oz, and a top runner from Perth has sent me a shocking spreadsheet of his concerns.
5) But this is not about honesty as it is with WG and RB. It's about spouting utter b/s to make a very lucrative living, and get the ignorant media and fawning fanboys onside, who lap it up when you tell them you're the messiah of running and in line to be the greatest multidayer of all time. By 4%.
6) Interesting PJ said he was going to beat PK by 4% too. I love the way breaking WRs isn't enough for the runfluencers. They need to smash them by absurd margins. By comparison it is akin to reducing Bolt's 9.58 to 9.19.
7) Right, he's back running. To be clear, he's 4hrs47 into day 5, but still 36k short of yesterdays quota. A long day in store.
A great many achieved it over the first 72hrs of longer events but couldn't sustain it for the full race.
Including women... the likes of Sandy Barwick and Eleanor Adams have surely done it whether it be in 6 day races or back in the Sydney to Melbourne races. Camille Herron obviously too.
Did we have Stine Rex and Matthieu Bonne on our list of runners exceeding 300 miles in 3 days?
Pending ratification Stine and Matthieu set 6 Day world best last month. Stine ran 567 miles/913km in Denmark to better Camille Herron's mark from last year. While we haven't seen her halfway split, Stine also ran 304 miles/505km to win a 72 Hour race in Denmark last year.
Matthieu ran 640 miles/1046km at the GOMU 6 Day in Hungary to break longstanding Kouros' record by 10km.
However, some credit still remains with Kouros. The 6 Day was definitely the "softest" of Kouros' records, if we could say such a thing. Several runners of his era delivered performances not too far adrift of his 6 Day mark; Boussiquet, Zarei and Bryan Smith on the track, Standeven and Mansell on the road to Melbourne, all running in excess of 1000km in under 6 days.
Kouros' Sydney-Melbourne performances stand as a superior legacy to greatness and an insight to his capabilities over 6 Days. Among his five victories, three particularly stand out in comparison to 6 Day records.
1987, 1060km in 5 days 14 hours 1988, 1016km in 5 days 19 hours 1989, 1011km in 5 days 2 hours
However, some credit still remains with Kouros. The 6 Day was definitely the "softest" of Kouros' records, if we could say such a thing. Several runners of his era delivered performances not too far adrift of his 6 Day mark; Boussiquet, Zarei and Bryan Smith on the track, Standeven and Mansell on the road to Melbourne, all running in excess of 1000km in under 6 days.
Kouros' Sydney-Melbourne performances stand as a superior legacy to greatness and an insight to his capabilities over 6 Days. Among his five victories, three particularly stand out in comparison to 6 Day records.
1987, 1060km in 5 days 14 hours 1988, 1016km in 5 days 19 hours 1989, 1011km in 5 days 2 hours
You always have to look at the context when and were the race are held. Kouros races mostly 6 day races in New York and Colac, Australia. New York in April gets some bad weather days and Colac was a dirt track in Australia. Kouros mentioned that he thought he could have run 1200km in a 6 day race under perfect conditions.
From what I have seen in the last decade is, that the 6day race in Hungary has established itself as the premium 6 day race with consistent good weather. The 6 day race in the Dome in Milwaukee (I think) is a mixed bag. Also very well organized but the constant temperature and inside nature make it not very inspiring for runners which their results show.
If Kouros could have raced in Hungary and would have had better running shoes (he raced in the most basic stuff), I am pretty sure he could have done much better than he did.
The plan was to finish at 8am (now 9am after losing an hour to daylight savings), then restart each day at 4pm (now 5pm).
He'll likely finish 400 miles at approx 3am, therefore 19 hours behind the original plan.
But still on target to break the record, for marketing purposes lol.
You got to love marketeers.
This is a nice way of saying that he totally collapsed on day 4. He might get out of that hole in the next days but he will never get to 100 miles per day again and he will not catch up with the missing 45 miles either.
I said it before, multiday races are brutal. You learn that a day has 24 hours and there is no way going back making miles you missed because you body is failing to perform what you wrote on a piece of paper before: 100 miles a day. 19 hours running, 5 hours resting.
I've watched the TikTok and there is no way he's moving at that speed...
That TikTok is pretty bad. Bandages all over and one foot looks pretty bad too.
Haven't slept for four days. Needed a kip today, just crossed 600 km in 4 days and 4 hours. Body's battered, couldng keep eyes open. Tracks not going anywhere, either am I. The team will be giving updates on how I'm tracking as socials aren't really my priority. The fight is only just beginning. Buckle up, it's about to be the biggest week of my life. Please donate in the link in my bio.
However, some credit still remains with Kouros. The 6 Day was definitely the "softest" of Kouros' records, if we could say such a thing. Several runners of his era delivered performances not too far adrift of his 6 Day mark; Boussiquet, Zarei and Bryan Smith on the track, Standeven and Mansell on the road to Melbourne, all running in excess of 1000km in under 6 days.
Kouros' Sydney-Melbourne performances stand as a superior legacy to greatness and an insight to his capabilities over 6 Days. Among his five victories, three particularly stand out in comparison to 6 Day records.
1987, 1060km in 5 days 14 hours 1988, 1016km in 5 days 19 hours 1989, 1011km in 5 days 2 hours
You always have to look at the context when and were the race are held. Kouros races mostly 6 day races in New York and Colac, Australia. New York in April gets some bad weather days and Colac was a dirt track in Australia. Kouros mentioned that he thought he could have run 1200km in a 6 day race under perfect conditions.
From what I have seen in the last decade is, that the 6day race in Hungary has established itself as the premium 6 day race with consistent good weather. The 6 day race in the Dome in Milwaukee (I think) is a mixed bag. Also very well organized but the constant temperature and inside nature make it not very inspiring for runners which their results show.
If Kouros could have raced in Hungary and would have had better running shoes (he raced in the most basic stuff), I am pretty sure he could have done much better than he did.
So true. Racing in Colac in rural Victoria in late November was pretty much a guarantee of hot weather.
Conversely, the Sydney-Melbourne races were held between late March and early May afforded milder temperatures, but with the undulations of a road race. I can't recall which year the course went via Snowy Mountains, but from speaking with runners who ran it that year, both the hills and weather made the race more brutal than usual. (It was so disappointing when Westfield withdrew their sponsorship, ending the race. As a young runner with ambitions to do the race, the news dropped during the Campbelltown 6 Day, my first multiday).
I don't doubt Kouros could've pushed close to 1200km in 6 Days. His Sydney-Melbourne performances are indicative of his potential. I just don't think he felt the need to thoroughly impose himself in the 6 Day. He had the 6 Day record and unlike the 24 Hour, he didn't have the desire to push it to mark that he felt wouldn't be matched in his lifetime.
While his contemporaries could get within about 30km of his 6 Day record, his 303km record for the 24 Hour was nearly that far ahead of anyone else at the time.
It's scary to contemplate of what Kouros may have capable, should he have been more challenged competitively or lured by greater financial rewards. I'm hopeful Sorokin will have a crack at the 6 Day and provide some answers.
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