The 24 Hour Relay was a quintessential 1970s-type event. (Think of the era of "Once a Runner.") I'm talking about a very specific contest: You had a team of two to ten runners, and each runner (in order) carried the baton for a mile on the track. Team members could drop out, but they couldn't rejoin the race if they missed a carry for any reason (and you had to have at least two guys at the finish).
Man, this must have been about 30 years ago, but I remember some epic battles. A little non-intuitively, milers always tended to do better in these than did marathoners, IIRC.
Averaging five-minute miles would put you at 288 for the 24 hours, and I'm pretty sure there were some teams that did better than that--over 300 miles total?
Dunno whether Gerry ever did one of these, but he's the kind who I think could excel on them--someone not afraid to run a hard mile when another 30 or so are staring him in the face.
I've heard that some "24-hour relays" are still held, but are they structured like this, i.e. a mile on the track per carry?
Anyway, any other fold arts have memories of these?