Dennis Reynolds II wrote:
It's almost like someone trying to break 4 minutes in the mile twice in one day. Oh wait, someone can do that in one race back to back.
One guy, and his middle name was MF.
Dennis Reynolds II wrote:
It's almost like someone trying to break 4 minutes in the mile twice in one day. Oh wait, someone can do that in one race back to back.
One guy, and his middle name was MF.
Dbl bubble wrote:
Unless it was an "uphill year"
I mean either way it doesn't mean much... it's going to be a lot slower than a flat road.
asdfaafdafasd wrote:
Besides this guy is making it hard on himself. You do a race in europe somewhere and then fly to NV and race. You get to have another 5+ hours of rest.
Maybe if he could afford a First Class ticket, otherwise flying is a pretty lousy way to recover. But it would be hard to get there on time - PST it's 9 time zones from most of Europe and even a direct flight takes 11 hours. Japan would work.
I don't get it. The record at Comrades down course is
5:20 and change so that's 2 x 2:30 marathons non-stop plus
4 miles and even the down course is a lot harder than most marathons. Good luck to him anyway.
Why do people keep assuming that Comrades is such a slow course? CR pace for the 56 miles there is about 5:48. WR pace for 50 miles is also about 5:48.
Also, Bruce Fordyce, the WR record holder for 50 miles at 5:48/mile himself ran Comrades at 5:51/mile.
The first marathon starts at 7:30 so he is done by 10. A quick google gives a London to Vegas flight 11:20 flight arrives at 2:05 which gives you plenty of time to make a 4:30 marathon. In reality you would probably want a flight that left an hour later which would still give you plenty of time.I wouldn't even try to do the math on Japan. That date line makes things too messy.
letsrun.com/whyvotebush.php wrote:
asdfaafdafasd wrote:Besides this guy is making it hard on himself. You do a race in europe somewhere and then fly to NV and race. You get to have another 5+ hours of rest.
Maybe if he could afford a First Class ticket, otherwise flying is a pretty lousy way to recover. But it would be hard to get there on time - PST it's 9 time zones from most of Europe and even a direct flight takes 11 hours. Japan would work.
This is pretty stupid. Why doesn't he just run 1 marathon as fast as possible? This sounds like some self-promoting scheme that Dean "The Badass" Karnazes would pull.
Running a single fast one doesn't float his boat. He does like to gain attention for his sponsors with goofy stunts, but he still runs faster than 99.99% of runners while doing goofy stuff. More power to him.
Will he be subject to out of competition drug testing?
not a doper wrote:
Will he be subject to out of competition drug testing?
Great question. Is it even remotely possible this guy isn't on drugs? Regardless, I think going sub 2:30 for both is pretty unlikely for this guy.
This is a sad desperate pathetic attempt at attention. He will not get it and we can stop talking about him
This dude didn't stop running a couple years ago until he had FIVE hernias and FIVE stress fractures.
That is one tough MOFO
http://www.irunfar.com/2013/03/mike-wardians-roadtrail-to-recovery.html
I only had one stress fracture wrote:
This dude didn't stop running a couple years ago until he had FIVE hernias and FIVE stress fractures.
That is one tough MOFO
http://www.irunfar.com/2013/03/mike-wardians-roadtrail-to-recovery.html
That's not "tough". Most people do not stop running from sf because of lack of toughness. It makes running physically impossible. These must have been small or simultaneous sfs.
This dude has almost 400 races listed on Athlinks
http://athlinks.com/racer/results/37763623
That is one tough MOFO
Curious. wrote:
"About 200 runners will be running the half or full marathons in San Antonio and Las Vegas."
Wait, what? 200 are trying some sort of double?
The 50 states club runners make up this group, I would guess. The club is getting to be more and more oriented around multiple marathons in a weekend in order to make the flight to the destination most cost effective, or even a 6 in a week to get all of the states in say, the midwest or new england.
This guy is amazing. I just wish I knew why some people can run marathons so often and rarely get injured. I'm not gonna lie, I'm jealous.
Precious Roy wrote:
Winning two marathons in the same day is something that may never happen again.
Kip Litton could manage it pretty easily.
Rocky Balboa wrote:
I wish him well, but personally I never run well in Las Vegas. The air is too dry
Your being a headcase doesn't have any bearing on this.
Vegas is pancake-flat and the weather generally favorable at this time of year. It's a great race for a fast time.
Comrades is as tough as hell ask Wardian he did it twice and almost snatched gold so he has big balls.What he attempts is doable.Fordyce had a pb of 2hrs17 and in 1988 ran the last 42.2km of the Comrades Up run in 2hrs27min.Leonid Shetsov/Vladimir Kotov/Bruce Fordyce were real badass Comrades runners clocking sub 3min kms after 60km of running.