wejo wrote:
Ok. My math is that is 8:21 miles for 24 hours straight.
Impressive.
Can someone tell me how this actually works? Ie do you take any sleep breaks? Dinner breaks or do you try and stay on your feet plowing ahead as much as possible.
Also what's Mike Morton's background?
You should do a story on him. After establishing himself as a top national ultrarunner when he was about 25, including blowing many Westerners' minds with his course record at Western States, he developed an injury and lost about a dozen prime running years. He has come back like gangbusters in the last couple of years, including just missing the Badwater record this summer, running 163 miles in a 24-hour on a trail (albeit an easy trail), and running several 13-hour 100s.
As for strategy, you don't sleep in a 24 unless you just can't help it and grab a quick few minutes (any more than that and you won't be near the top). You eat and drink as you go. Most runners take in very small amounts at a time and, although it's not easy to run 8-10 minutes pace for 24 hours straight, it does make it easier to take in calories than running 5-6 minute pace.