He just entered Colorado.
He just entered Colorado.
Welcome to Colorado Pete. Watch out for the 10 lb horse poop.
Pete's Little Toe wrote:
[quote]Pete is out there running ~70 miles/day. Got any beef with that? The proof is out there with full Strava as they are able to post it, DeLorme tracker, some pics and video, open to anyone who wants to join him. They are following the Guinness requirements, which takes a lot of doc.
I think I remember them saying that the entire thing is being videotaped from the "chase" vehicle which is maintaining a maximum distance from him. Not sure if those tapes will be made public but will definitely be submitted to Guinness.
He's also wearing two Garmins at a time, swapping out at his 35-40 mile meal break, so even if one ends up with an error, the other should work as a backup.
I think we can thank you-know-who for showing how easy it is to cheat, for this team getting all their ducks in a row to definitively prove they are not.
My friend who is driving the RV and acting as chef/massage therapist, posted this daily routine on her facebook feed. For those of you wondering how Pete refuels...
Wow, a few hours ago I thought he was struggling but see he was able to get another +70 day. Very impressive! Is that max speed correct? 19.48 mph?
https://share.delorme.com/PeterKostelnick
I am surprised by some of the photos of his food and the description above. I would think he wouldn't have room for all those fruits and vegetables since he needs to consume so many calories. Doesn't the fact that he wakes up hungry in the middle of the night mean he's not getting enough? I'm sure these folks know nutrition better than I do but it just seems like he could eat more calorically dense foods.
Go Pete Go! wrote:
Wow, a few hours ago I thought he was struggling but see he was able to get another +70 day. Very impressive! Is that max speed correct? 19.48 mph?
Strava shows about 8:30 min/mile pace to be his fastest for today. I think DeLorme isn't really meant to be looked at in such detail for speed or exact distance. It's more of a "I'm about here" kind of tracker.
Miles ~50-58 was about a 1000 foot climb, not surprising his pace would slow with plenty of walking.
Never having done anything like this I have a question. If Pete is having trouble sleeping, why the 3:30 a.m. start and 6:00 p.m. lights out at the end of the day? Is the temperature difference between day and night so important that it warrants running at a time that it interrupts the sleep cycle?
Sleep Needed wrote:
Never having done anything like this I have a question. If Pete is having trouble sleeping, why the 3:30 a.m. start and 6:00 p.m. lights out at the end of the day? Is the temperature difference between day and night so important that it warrants running at a time that it interrupts the sleep cycle?
It's not temps, not out there. Remember that he woke up the other morning in Utah to 3" of snow. And after winning 2 Badwaters you know he can handle heat.
As I think I posted earlier, one possibility is that if he's going to be running in the dark, he'd rather do it in the morning when he's fresh, and then get that boost when the sun comes up. It's probably safer too--less traffic, more sober traffic, and again, he's more fresh and able to react. But as you point out, he's not anywhere close to running out of daylight when he finishes, so he could easily sleep in a couple more hours.
The 3:30 start came after a 0 day. Maybe they decided what he was doing wasn't working, and this was part of the new plan, for whatever reason. Some people function better in the morning. When Jurek did his AT run last year, he was the opposite. He often slept in past sunrise, and ran late into the night. That apparently worked better for him, even though he was given up some sunlight hours which certainly is easier on the trail.
That's a long-winded "I don't know". Sleep still seems to be an issue so I don't know if it's really working for him. But maybe he was waking at 3am anyway, and couldn't get back to sleep, so they decided he might as well start running then.
I'm thinking that when you run 70 miles in a day, day after day, that you could fall asleep regardless of the time of day. I would also think that for an attempt like this that he would have conditioned himself to get up that early.
He wouldn't have conditioned himself to wake up at 3am as for the first week he woke at 6am, which was probably the initial plan. But plans change.
He may not be getting enough sleep because he's nervous about the attempt. Imagine the sleep you get before a morning race, every day.
Looks like he's bedded down for the night at Eagle Soaring RV Park several miles west of Steamboat Springs. Another 70.47 miles today. Dude is a metronome. Hopefully he can keep it going for another few weeks.
He has some ugly stretches ahead. Long straight lengths of flat boredom. That is a major challenge. He needs some kind of visual target ahead to run to. Maybe a barn, silo, or windmill, rather than just counting miles day after day?
the big challenge today is the elevation. He'll be approaching 11,000 in a few spots. I have to wonder if he is getting any O2 at night to help him sleep and recover.
MarathonMind wrote:
the big challenge today is the elevation. He'll be approaching 11,000 in a few spots. I have to wonder if he is getting any O2 at night to help him sleep and recover.
Does he really get that high? I hate that DeLorme map. You can see the contour lines to tell where there are big elevation changes, but the elevation numbers are so faint I can't read most of them and I have trouble telling where it goes up and where it goes down.
He's going over Rabbit Ear's pass, right? That's 9426. The highway itself gets up to 9520. Is there another higher spot?
Hi All,
I ran with Pete all day yesterday and a bit more this morning. Simply put, the dude is consistent. Not a lot of walking at all yesterday, just a steady pace regardless of terrain. Can definitely answer any specific questions if anyone has them.
Jon
looks like the max is 10,250' at Cameron Pass which he should hit sometime tomorrow. He's around 9000/8500 most of today.
I have trouble sleeping if I'm doing too much, too soon, too often. I really hope that is not the case here as the only cure is to back off.
Also, this whole thing is incredible. Really mind-blowing what he has been able to do through these climbs and elevations, day after day.
Jon Kuehler wrote:
I ran with Pete all day yesterday and a bit more this morning. Simply put, the dude is consistent. Not a lot of walking at all yesterday, just a steady pace regardless of terrain. Can definitely answer any specific questions if anyone has them.
Jon
Hi Jon, I saw on FB that you ran with him. A 70 mile day is pretty impressive!
How is he passing the time and getting through the tedium of running 13 hours/day?
Do you think he's at all regretting what he got himself into, since he's still only about 1/3 of the way done?
Any insight on the 0 day, and changes made since then?
Do you think he can stay on track and break the record? What's the biggest risk at this point, now that he's proven he can run 70 day after day and apparently hold up? Or are the days starting to wear on him?
Any insight on his strategy once he gets out of the mountains? With the flatter terrain, will he pick up the pace, run more miles/day, bank more rest, just hold on to ~70miles in ~13 hours, ??
How is the crew holding up? This is an endurance test for them as well.