Courtney Dauwalter sets US 24 hour record

Is there any chance she was lapped in the early stages of the race?

gdm wrote:

Is there any chance she was lapped in the early stages of the race?

LMAO. Well played.

Waiting for the Letsrun armchair quarterbacks to chime in on how this sucks and how Kenyans would crush it. Meanwhile, no one has the balls to do it because their balls (and egos) would be crushed.

Incredible performance. To help put this into perspective for the non-ultra folks, she ran the equivalent of six 4-hour marathons back to back to back to back to back to back. And I agree with the OP calling her performance a masterclass in 24hr running as she doesn't go out hard and die, but steadily maintains about as close as possible to even pacing. But what is up with the basketball shorts?

There were some age group records broken along the way as well. Early on, it appeared as if some of the National team contenders would set milestone PR's. But a 24hr race is a monster.

so easy a monkey could do it wrote:

Waiting for the Letsrun armchair quarterbacks to chime in on how this sucks and how Kenyans would crush it. Meanwhile, no one has the balls to do it because their balls (and egos) would be crushed.

This^

You guys do realize that Kenyans would absolutely crush it, right? You guys understand science, right?

I understand the Kenyans can not break the US 24 Hour record.

fklasdklfjkls wrote:

I understand the Kenyans can not break the US 24 Hour record.

The Kenyans would crush the US 24 Hour record in 23 hours. In Kenya.

Because science.

lkgkj wrote:

You guys do realize that Kenyans would absolutely crush it, right? [...]

Putting aside the very theoretical question of how a 2:04 marathoner would do in a 24hr event, I've been long anxious to see some top tier marathoners race 50 mi, Comrades, and what has been dubbed the universal ultra, the 100K. At almost 40 years, Don Ritchie's 6:10:20 100K (track) is the oldest standing record in track and field (this, while splitting 50K in under 3hrs).

This past year at Comrades (2016, downhill), the winner, a 2'14 marathoner, split 50 miles in ~4:45, 5 minutes faster than countryman Bruce Fordyce's 50 mile WR.

Courtney ran a world class performance, and I hope she gets the recognition she deserves.

Obvious Answer Guy wrote:

fklasdklfjkls wrote:

I understand the Kenyans can not break the US 24 Hour record.

The Kenyans would crush the US 24 Hour record in 23 hours. In Kenya.

Because science.

They can run all 24 hours, they still aren't getting the US 24 Hour record.

fklasdklfjkls wrote:

They can run all 24 hours, they still aren't getting the US 24 Hour record.

But what if they have technically 25 hours to set the US 24 Hour Record, ie they tried to do it in October when we set the clocks back an hour?

Old Man Runner wrote:

fklasdklfjkls wrote:

They can run all 24 hours, they still aren't getting the US 24 Hour record.

But what if they have technically 25 hours to set the US 24 Hour Record, ie they tried to do it in October when we set the clocks back an hour?

That seems like a possible clock time vs chip time issue there. Might have to call in the judges on that one.