Guys, keep up the great work with the daily mileage comparison updates (So Far Today), as well as the awesome charts (Markus).
I'll be out there in two days, running across Iowa with Sandy . . . I can't wait for a front-row seat to experience her transcon (if only for a little while)!
I'm working on a more detailed cadence analysis to see if my theory about being able to fingerprint an individual runner by their cadence vs speed binned by hill slope at 1% increments holds true. It would be a series of scatter plots and you would expect the cloud of points to largely be in he same cluster from run to run. It will be an interesting gait analysis to see if the characteristics stayed the same throughout the run.
Zwitty wrote:
Guys, keep up the great work with the daily mileage comparison updates (So Far Today), as well as the awesome charts (Markus).
I'll be out there in two days, running across Iowa with Sandy . . . I can't wait for a front-row seat to experience her transcon (if only for a little while)!
Dave, care to share with us how you guys organized Sandy's transcon in such a short period of time?
OCT 11th:
Start Times: Sandy 2:59 AM / Mimi 3:09 AM
As of 7:41 AM: Sandy 20 miles / Mimi 17
As of 8:50 AM: Sandy 25 miles / Mimi 21-1/2
As of 9:52 AM: Sandy 30 miles / Mimi 26
As of 10:52 AM: Sandy 35 miles / Mimi 29 (Mimi revised)
Lunch Break, Sandy: 35 miles (10:52 - 11:19 AM, 27 minutes)
Lunch Break, Mimi: 31 miles (11:33 - 12:05 PM, 32 minutes)
- Mimi's lunch break start is revised from the prior post.
We organized it by getting lucky that a few essential people agreed to drop everything going on in their lives at the last minute and join Sandy in her journey, namely Cinder (the driver/owner of "the Mothership" (the RV), as well as the official crew chief/cook/masseuse/doer of laundry/etc etc, and Jay, who drives the support vehicle that actually crews Sandy throughout the day, every day. Others have come in to crew Sandy as well, from a day or two all the way up through three weeks (Roger). And, of course, having Pete K. continue to share all of his knowledge with us (inlcuding his route) is huge.
Beyond that, I'm pretty wired into the ultrarunning community in general, and we were able to get support from lots of other key people, like Badwater RD Chris Kostman, the UltraDOC, Chris Roman, and many others. I'm chipping in with coaching Sandy, building/maintaining the website, and getting out on the road to run with her starting on Friday night.
It took (and continues to take) a village! But we all truly believe in Sandy and are all excited to help.
If it takes a village for Sandy, Mimi is trying to do it with a single, randomly populated mud hut.
Zwitty wrote:
We organized it by getting lucky that a few essential people agreed to drop everything going on in their lives at the last minute and join Sandy in her journey, namely Cinder (the driver/owner of "the Mothership" (the RV), as well as the official crew chief/cook/masseuse/doer of laundry/etc etc, and Jay, who drives the support vehicle that actually crews Sandy throughout the day, every day. Others have come in to crew Sandy as well, from a day or two all the way up through three weeks (Roger). And, of course, having Pete K. continue to share all of his knowledge with us (inlcuding his route) is huge.
Beyond that, I'm pretty wired into the ultrarunning community in general, and we were able to get support from lots of other key people, like Badwater RD Chris Kostman, the UltraDOC, Chris Roman, and many others. I'm chipping in with coaching Sandy, building/maintaining the website, and getting out on the road to run with her starting on Friday night.
It took (and continues to take) a village! But we all truly believe in Sandy and are all excited to help.
OCT 11th:
Start Times: Sandy 2:59 AM / Mimi 3:09 AM
As of 7:41 AM: Sandy 20 miles / Mimi 17
As of 8:50 AM: Sandy 25 miles / Mimi 21-1/2
As of 9:52 AM: Sandy 30 miles / Mimi 26
As of 10:52 AM: Sandy 35 miles / Mimi 29 (Mimi revised)
Lunch Break, Sandy: 35 miles (10:52 - 11:19 AM, 27 minutes)
Lunch Break, Mimi: 31 miles (11:33 - 12:05 PM, 32 minutes)
As of 12:23: Sandy 40 miles / Mimi 32 miles (Sandy +15 minutes of running.
Stunt Double wrote:
If it takes a village for Sandy, Mimi is trying to do it with a single, randomly populated mud hut.
Zwitty wrote:We organized it by getting lucky that a few essential people agreed to drop everything going on in their lives at the last minute and join Sandy in her journey, namely Cinder (the driver/owner of "the Mothership" (the RV), as well as the official crew chief/cook/masseuse/doer of laundry/etc etc, and Jay, who drives the support vehicle that actually crews Sandy throughout the day, every day. Others have come in to crew Sandy as well, from a day or two all the way up through three weeks (Roger). And, of course, having Pete K. continue to share all of his knowledge with us (inlcuding his route) is huge.
Beyond that, I'm pretty wired into the ultrarunning community in general, and we were able to get support from lots of other key people, like Badwater RD Chris Kostman, the UltraDOC, Chris Roman, and many others. I'm chipping in with coaching Sandy, building/maintaining the website, and getting out on the road to run with her starting on Friday night.
It took (and continues to take) a village! But we all truly believe in Sandy and are all excited to help.
Mimi has her own village but contact with the outside world is frowned upon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpFdYGZeLsgSorry, couldn't resist :D
Raddison wrote:
Sandy? wrote:I think Mimi's cadence data demands an explanation - it's just totally abnormal. Take a look at yesterday afternoon:
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move180933599Cadence constantly jumping between 190 and 140, every 20-30 seconds. Her other runs over the past weeks have similar cadence data.
The speed and cadence charts overlay very well so it could be genuine. I, like Mimi, was born in Britain and the walk, jog method was quite common in my childhood. It was how I got to and from school everyday. The advantage is you cover distance relatively quickly but don't get hot and sweaty. Think of it as a walker's equivalent to Fartlek running. I've also employed this method at the end of some long hikes as the end of the trail, and the pub, appear on the horizon.
The big disadvantage is your average speed is obviously lower than a steady jog.
It's known as the Galloway Method.
Mimi's Garmin did not update for nearly 40 minutes. When it did she was at a Hospital.
Hospital: Start 1:10 PM, Leave 1:44 PM
HSHS Holy Family Hospital
200 Health Care Dr, Greenville, IL
Lat: 38.902105, Lon: -89.408820
So far today wrote:
Mimi's Garmin did not update for nearly 40 minutes. When it did she was at a Hospital.
Hospital: Start 1:10 PM, Leave 1:44 PM
HSHS Holy Family Hospital
200 Health Care Dr, Greenville, IL
Lat: 38.902105, Lon: -89.408820
That doesn't sound good. There seems to be a great disconnect from the everything is going great mantra on her social media and videos to what we are piecing together as actually happening.
Reminds me of another British transcon stunt runner, RY.
When you actually have to put in the miles because the internet has discovered your shady behavior and is following every step, it turns out that a transcon is quite hard.
He too ended up in a hospital, faked an injury and flew back to London.
Scam_Watcheroo wrote:
So far today wrote:Mimi's Garmin did not update for nearly 40 minutes. When it did she was at a Hospital.
Hospital: Start 1:10 PM, Leave 1:44 PM
HSHS Holy Family Hospital
200 Health Care Dr, Greenville, IL
Lat: 38.902105, Lon: -89.408820
That doesn't sound good. There seems to be a great disconnect from the everything is going great mantra on her social media and videos to what we are piecing together as actually happening.
That shocked me when the Garmin updated. One possibility is depletion; lose of vitamins and minerals. Spending so much time on the road she may have fallen short of the dietary needs. Possibly just an IV to replenish? ... She is still running/walking afterwards.
Ah crap, really sorry to read that. Hoping for the best.
But that's such a short time in a hospital, the ER makes you wait ages. Likely nothing worrisome at all.
Maybe they just used the parking lot? It's hard to imagine getting treated in a hospital that quickly.
Budding Dipshit, Shut Up wrote:
But that's such a short time in a hospital, the ER makes you wait ages. Likely nothing worrisome at all.
Yes, I read too quickly...thought she was still there. I agree it's likely nothing, and even if it is of significance, Mimi's team won't share it on social media.
Results wrote:
Maybe they just used the parking lot? It's hard to imagine getting treated in a hospital that quickly.
Look at the breadcrumbs. There is a 10 and a 20 minutes gap between them. Another possibility is to pick up a prescription? She took lunch an hour before so taking a long break so soon is unusual.
Results wrote:
Maybe they just used the parking lot? It's hard to imagine getting treated in a hospital that quickly.
Depends on your insurance and how much you want to pay for quick treatment. Maybe they all got flu shots since it's flu season. But it seems much more likely it would be for a cortisone shot for her knee.
Bread crumbs at 1:09, 1:19, 1:22, and 1:43
Movement recorded for all of those. I don't know why the Garmin stopped doing it's regular transmitting every two minutes.
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