Seko's mileage= 630 one week

This doesn't make it less impressive, but there are seven days in a week.

I remembered reading that in RWTL, and was amazed. Apparently he could drink beers at record rates as well.

I ran that much in two months once.

It gave the 8 day total, as 1200k, or about 90miles. I figured over 7 days that comes to about 630, give or take. When you're dealing with 600+ miles, a mile here or there doesn't make much difference.

If I told you my shlong was 3 feet long would you believe me? 90 miles a day? That's a good 12 hours of running a day. I"m not buying this pork product.

BS

Here's some food for thought. I recall reading a book called "Ultramarathoning" by a fellow named Shapiro (very good book I might add). Anyway, one chapter was dedicated to races called Pedestrians that lasted 6 days (144 hours) from start to finish. They were quite popular in the 19th century and generally run indoors. If I recall correctly the world record before these races disappeared was in the neighborhood of 600 miles (I seem to remember the number 604 - but might be wrong here). In addition to the outrageous running time, they also employed bleeding the runner to ward off fatigue (who ever thought of that one) and taking doses of strychnine (rat poison). Go figure.

Monty

They did mention the Japanese runners doing 8 hour long runs back then. That would make for a significant portion of the 90 miles per day. It also mentioned Seko running up to 80 laps on a single oval that went around a stadium. The oval was a little under 1400m, and had every 100 marked off "within 10 centimeters".

Seko was also quoted about never having a girl, and that "the marathon is my only girlfriend."

Oddly enough he did drink a lot of alcohal. They said if he didn't feel like eating after some long runs, he would instead down up to 10 beers.

And, also, if you had a 3 foot schlong, I would join the many who would run from you to save their bungholes. Snoogens.

That is pretty extreme, even for the Japanese.

I have read the training logs of Atsushi Fujita, and he regularly does 1200+ kms in a MONTH, but now, a 1200 km in eight days is pretty damned insane!

jason

Pedestrian type events still take place in the US. Below are the results from one of the best-organized events, the Sri Chinmoy 10 and 6 Day Events. Of particular note, Rimas Jakelaitas' 600 mile/6 Day split on his way to 901 miles in 10-days.

This is not meant to stir-up the debate on the legitimacy of ultrarunning. It is simply a notable accomplishment. As one who still races consistently at distances from 1/2 marathon (1:09 - 1:12) through standard ultras (50 mile in 6:15) to multi-day races (Trans-America/10-Day Race) my take on the whole debate is that each distance presents its own challenge. PR'ing at the marathon is no less or more difficult than PR'ing at 100 miles, 24 hours or 6-Days. Discipline, dedication, passion, and more than a bit of craziness define the process. Regardless of distance. The fun is the absurdity of any and all of it.

Sri Chinmoy Ten Day Race

April 25- May 5, 2001 Wards Island Park,NY

certified, flat mile loop

(with 24-hr,48-hr, 6 day splits)

1. Rimas Jakelaitis, 46, LIT 901!

(127,228,600)

2. Aldo Maranzina, 54, ITA 639

(100,152,374)

3. Hubert Muckenhumer,33, AUT 627

(77,148,375)

4. Lenka Svecova,26, CzRep 572

(87,146,366)

5. Tibor Malits,29, HUN 564

(77,129,331)

6. Harald Reisecker,31, AUT 550

(75,135,329)

7. Abichal Sherrington,40,Wales 540

(80,124,332)

8. Luis Rios, 54 525

(75,128,321)

9. Elvira Janosi,45,YUGO 514

(80,130,331)

10 Daan Rob,57,Neth 500

(76,133,302)

11 Martin Vladovic, 25, SLK 488

(85,141,307)

12 Jirka Caslava,26, CZ Rep 452

(71,122,289)

13 Micha Pavlovic,46, YUGO 444

(78,126,300)

14 Unnatishil Bravo, 42, FRA 382

(62,110,241)

15 Aryavan Lanham,49, AUS 375

(64,100,258)

16 Al Prawda,52 364

(86,127,238)

19 starters

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Sri Chinmoy Six Day Race

April 29- May 5, 2001 Wards Island Park,NY

certified, flat mile loop

(with 24-hr,48-hr splits)

1. Dipali Cunningham,42, AUS 510!

(110,193)

2 Stefan Schlett,42, GER 442

(91,179)

3. Trishul Cherns,44, CAN 413

(100,150)

4. Sylvia Andonie,45, MEX 406

(96,166)

5. Jose Luis Carrera,42,MEX 395

(85,133)

6. Andreas Puntigam,29,AUT 391

(91,159)

7. Tom Andrews, 46 388

(97,170)

8. Gregor Knauer, 45 382

(74,135)

9. Michael Misteli,36, SUI 373

(97,163)

10 Teresa Janakova,27,SLK 364

(80,142)

11 Jeff Washburn, 51, 360

(81,144)

12 Barny McBride,36, NZ 340

(81,142)

13 Ed Rousseau, 61, 333

(92,145)

14 Rastislav Ulicny, 21,SLK 324

(77,116)

15 Maria Horvath,36,HUN 321

(60,112)

16 Brian Collings, 48, RSA 313

(84,142)

17 Dejan Kakonji,32,YUGO 313

(74,134)

18 Rene Horlbeck, 33, SUI 311

(70,117 )

19 Michael Purwins, 40,GER 311

(64,99)

20 Ray Bell,53, 304

(84,139)

21 Ted Corbitt,82, 303 (WR 80-84)

(59,110)

22 Visuddhi Trummer,38, AUT 301

(69,120)

23 Zoran Stanimirovic,35, YUGO 300

(65,119)

24 Namitabha Arsic,35,YUGO 290

(92,145)

25 Chanakhya Jacovic,47 UK 288

(71,119)

26 Dennis Kranz,54, 280

(92,144)

27 Andreas Zand,31, AUT 279

(65,112)

28 Maria-Therese Karasek,45, AUT 278

(57,100)

29 Heide Milotta,58, AUT 277

(60,110)

30 Andrea Reisecker,29,AUT 270

(62,107)

31 Willie Erasmus,52, RSA 266

(67,120)

32 Svitlana Maksymova, 31,UKR 250

(69,118)

33 Pete Coffin,55 246

(70,114)

34 Tzvetan Tzekov,20, BUL 244

(57,107)

35 William Campbell,47 241

(59,110)

36 Valeri Stobski,36, BUL 237

(85,121)

37 Tim Kourounis,63, 229

(66,106)

38 Zoran Marinkovic, 37, YUGO 227

(70,115)

39 Tom Moore,56, 222

(69,109)

40 Michael Dorovitsine, 42 150

(70,89)

40 starters

Early Seko:

http://www.bunnhill.com/BobHodge/TrainingLogs/seko.htm

The only one more insane than the competitors are the

officials who record and endure.

Has anyone heard of Ambrose Burfoot's indoor marathon

back in 69-70? Supposedly 2:46 at Wesleyan Fact or Fiction?

if it's accurate, that early seko log is awesome! talk about phenomenal improvement in a year. gotta love 4? races in a week and then a marathon. old school runners liked to race. not like today's fat and racy (and sucky i might add) runners.

Things get exaggereated ove the years.....in any sport. But 630 in a week? No way! Even I have never done that!

Mr. Barner:

Is this really you, or a screen name? If I recall correctly you were the subject of one of the chapters in Shapiro's book.

Monty

Mr. Barner:

Is this really you, or a screen name? If I recall correctly you were the subject of one of the chapters in Shapiro's book.

Monty

fact. i read it in t&fnews. i believe it was run in 1968 before he won boston. the track at wesleyan was 10 or 11 laps to the mile, dirt floor.

I recall in the early 80's watching Neil Weygandt run 114 mi in 24 hrs around the indoor(dirt) track at Haverford College. This was in January! Park Barner was there if I recall correctly. The thing that amazed me was watching Neil churn out 5:30 miles that last hour(5:00-600AM) in an attempt to break some exsisting record. It was inspiring! Neil currently has a nice streak of consecutive Boston appearances going.

Just a quick footnote about Seko beating Rodgers 2:07 or 2:08.....not quite. In 79 Bill ran away from Seko on heartbreak hill to win in 2:09:27(the year he wore what I think was a Snoopy hat). Seko did later win Boston(after Bill was past his prime perhaps) beating Craig Virgin. He later won again in 2:11+.

Seko did run at least one 2:08 ... I think 2:08:52 at Fuokouka (sp?), but definitely never ran 2:07.

Just a screen name. One of my heros is Park B. No offense intended.