Man will try to break 129-year-old Canadian track and field record starting on Nov. 15th (The 6 day record is 540 miles/870k)

Some dude gave it a shot earlier this year and came up short. https://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/sports/local-sports/knee-injury-hinders-matt-shepards-attempt-at-canadian-ultra-marathon-record

Opinionated guy wrote:

Why 6 days? Why not a week or 3 days?

Is this like a marathon in that is just what someone happened to run and it has been the standard since? Is it some quaint distance so people will have a shot to break a record, like the 4 2/3 day run?

Why 6 days?

The 6 day distance is one of the oldest raced distances. The reason for 6 days was that you rest on the 7th day.

Today 24, 48 hour and 6 day races are common. There are some 10 day races and the grueling 3100 mile race in Queens NY every year. (This year in Salzburg, Austria)

Frosty the Bro Man wrote:

Some dude gave it a shot earlier this year and came up short.

https://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/sports/local-sports/knee-injury-hinders-matt-shepards-attempt-at-canadian-ultra-marathon-record

Also this dude didn't have a chance. 550k is a pretty lame distance for 6 days.

Al Howie's ghost wrote:

The 6 day distance is one of the oldest raced distances. The reason for 6 days was that you rest on the 7th day.

Today 24, 48 hour and 6 day races are common. There are some 10 day races and the grueling 3100 mile race in Queens NY every year. (This year in Salzburg, Austria)

Thanks.

And approximately how long does it take for the winner to cover 3100 miles?

And these are on a track? Loop on roads or trail?

I remember reading about a 100 miler on an indoor (200m) track, but 3100 miles? Again, why 3100?

Opinionated guy wrote:

And approximately how long does it take for the winner to cover 3100 miles?

And these are on a track? Loop on roads or trail?

I remember reading about a 100 miler on an indoor (200m) track, but 3100 miles? Again, why 3100?

Not the person you responded to, but:

The only 3100 mile race I know of is the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence race. 3100 miles because that's 5000km, I presume. The record is around 40 days (about 77 miles/day), and there's a 52 day cutoff (59.6 miles/day).

It's held on a .55 mile loop on sidewalks in New York City, in the middle of summer (well, except this year). Mandatory rests overnight, you can only be moving from 6am until midnight. As the name and conditions imply it's meant to be a spiritual process as much as a race, though I don't mean to take anything away from the competitiveness which certainly does exist.

On topic wrote:

Not the person you responded to, but:

The only 3100 mile race I know of is the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence race. 3100 miles because that's 5000km, I presume. The record is around 40 days (about 77 miles/day), and there's a 52 day cutoff (59.6 miles/day).

It's held on a .55 mile loop on sidewalks in New York City, in the middle of summer (well, except this year). Mandatory rests overnight, you can only be moving from 6am until midnight. As the name and conditions imply it's meant to be a spiritual process as much as a race, though I don't mean to take anything away from the competitiveness which certainly does exist.

Wow! I don't know where to begin. Is it a 5K or 5000 meters because 5000K is insane. And 77 miles a day is no better. I guess if I made the cut-off I could take the rest of the year off and still have more miles than I typically do for the year.

I wonder how many times someone trips on curbs and hell, a minor crack in the sidewalk after that many miles.

Thanks for the details.

This race should be going on right now.

Are there anywhere current standings to see?

https://raceroster.com/events/2020/35719/one-track-mind

Looks like Jerry Hughes was just 200 miles behind his goal.

https://www.webscorer.com/racedetails?raceid=228233&did=258347