The former electrician Nedd Brockmann, who ran across Australia in 46 days 2 years ago, now is trying to break Yiannis Kouros' 1,000 mile WR of 10 days, 10 hours, 30 minutes and 36 seconds and one would think there should be little doubt about whether it's legit or not as he's doing it ona track. So that's 403 laps per day.
The attempt started Thursday:
If someone can find a live stream of a tracker, that would be appreciated.
PS. If you have an extra 9.9 million lying around, you can donate it at the link below. He says he wants to raise $10 million but so far has raised less than 30k:
Ultra runners are weird. If a 2:20 marathoner claimed he was going to break the marathon world record while raising money people would be skeptical to say the least.
He is slower than a wet week, zero chance he gets within 2days of the record.
He can't use a car like he did for the "run" across Australia.
Not a chance he gets close.
Well he's not done too badly on the first day...
This is a 10 day race though, he went out way too quick and you can see the deterioration throughout his run. Looks good on paper that he did a 16 hour 100 miler but I would count this as a bad day for an event this long and with his heart rate going straight over 140 for the first 70 odd miles.
BTW I am hoping he does well, just stating the obvious. 600 in 6 days will be an achievement if he makes it
I think he massively underestimated just how good Yiannis Kouros was. No way he comes near this record.
He's pretty much done, he won't get through 3 days at record pace.
Crikey wrote:
He's pretty much done, he won't get through 3 days at record pace.
Might get a few more easy sponsorship gigs though.
LetsRun.com wrote:
Live stream is here:
After looking at the live stream, it seems that he has some real timing equipment there.
No way he will get close to his goal.
So his Trans Australia run was 3953 kilometers in 46.5 days. That is 85 kilometers a day or 52.8 miles per day. Certainly possibly but I think there where some red flags from some people.
And for sure no record for running across Australia. That has been done much faster by others.
It is an easy WR. All you have to do is a 15 hr jog per day at 9 minute mile pace. Then you can nap for 8 hours, which is plenty, and have an hour to eat pizza, coffee and cake, take a dump and chill
I know, all of you 5 minute milers figured out ultrarunning long before the ultrarunners did. I am pretty sure you could not run 100 miles in 15 hours.
Banana Bread wrote:
It is an easy WR. All you have to do is a 15 hr jog per day at 9 minute mile pace. Then you can nap for 8 hours, which is plenty, and have an hour to eat pizza, coffee and cake, take a dump and chill
It's your record for the taking, champ! You've got the eating cake and dumping part down pat. The running will be easy!
Why is he done?
Also, TransCon expert, he is breaking his runs up in master laps, according to Strava. Hang on, I'll get a quote. Hmm can't copy and paste. Anyways hes doing two laps in each lane 1-8, then moving back then changing direction at the end and is basing his distance off what that would be, then multiplying by the number of master laps. His Strava actually had him down as 103 miles, but he is claiming 100. Seems fine. Heart rates look appropriate. Pace is quick though.
Elevation however...yeah, I'm putting that down to sh***y Samsung watch.
Does Ingebritsen look like someone who has shattered a world record? No. He doesn't have a hair out of place. If you're out of breath on a transcon you've gone too fast. Nedd has every right to look chipper at the end. I'm not saying his transcon was or wasn't genuine as I haven't looked into it, but saying someone doesn't look like they could do the run is ridiculous. I'm a 2:30 marathoner and I've got a bit of a beer belly and often get imposter syndrome on race start lines looking at people who do look like they can fly. Then I win.
AussieAussieAussie wrote:
Why is he done?
Because he's not good enough, hasn't prepared at all, he's already running far too slow and it's only Day 2, he's limping, and stopping for walk and toilet breaks far too often.
IF he gets through 100 miles today, he will have a very short recovery, less than 6 hours before he needs to go again.
Camille is going to be pissed if he does
