Sandra Vi going for record across America

Lt. Wisniewski wrote:

So far today wrote:

We all realize that Mimi was injured long before she stopped. That is the real message here. Learn when to stop. Rely on real medical professionals--ones who are runners. Don't severely injure yourself.

If the medical professionals won't stop the runners then call your local police department. We can stop injured runners from doing more damage to themselves.

In the UK is spousal abuse ignored by the authorities? Are people allowed to hurt themselves severely in public?

887 miles to go

(Finish for day 39 to Fort Lee, NJ via Google Map foot route 874 + 13 miles from Fort Lee across GW Bridge to NY City Hall = 887)

It doesn't matter how far you've gone. What matters is how many miles to NY City Hall.

For a goal of 53 days, for the remaining 14 days, 62 miles per day for 13 days and then a final push of 81 miles on the last day (like Pete K did.)

This is a link to Mimi's coach. It's pretty interesting. Read his bio, stunt after stunt after stunt and not a verifiable race mentioned

The world of FKT's is odd to say the least

https://www.rayzahab.com/about/

Math is hard wrote:

887 miles to go

(Finish for day 39 to Fort Lee, NJ via Google Map foot route 874 + 13 miles from Fort Lee across GW Bridge to NY City Hall = 887)

It doesn't matter how far you've gone. What matters is how many miles to NY City Hall.

For a goal of 53 days, for the remaining 14 days, 62 miles per day for 13 days and then a final push of 81 miles on the last day (like Pete K did.)

Unless you entered Pete K. route into Google maps exactly you don't know the exact mileage that remains. And you learned that Google Maps will not let you walk across the GW Bridge. It insists you use the ferry to cross, even if you tell it to exclude the damn ferries. Also, Google Maps does not measure distance that exact. The splits I have provided usually end up short of the Garmin miles actually run. The differences are small but they are there. So, which is correct, Garmin miles or Google miles?Who knows. My wild are guess is: maybe something to do with how elevation is used to determine miles to go.

I'd be interested to see how the Google/Garmin/Strava distance calculations vary actually. You would expect the GPS coordinates to match (+/- measurement errors), so then it must simply be how you calculate the distance between them - Straight line? Some smoothed curve? Incorporating elevation? Either way it looks like there's going to be a new record!

Anyway, I'm going to go away for a while and see if I can look at some of the other inconsistencies in Mimi's data that you guys have found, compare with the Garmin data, and look at trends over the time of the run as you have suggested.

Does anyone know another runner than leans back as much as Sandy? Bizarre form.

Has anyone looked at this guy? http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15606175.44_marathons__44_days__44_countries__Now_Pete__39_s_been_nominated_for_a_Pride_of_Britain_award/?ref=twtrec

Ultrarunning Judge wrote:

Does anyone know another runner than leans back as much as Sandy? Bizarre form.

Michael Johnson?

Bumhead britain wrote:

Has anyone looked at this guy?

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15606175.44_marathons__44_days__44_countries__Now_Pete__39_s_been_nominated_for_a_Pride_of_Britain_award/?ref=twtrec

Quick browse, looks quite legit. Strava'd it all. Single 42 mile runs not daily mileage.

Also, he looks a solid runner. Laying down 4 hour marathons every day...

Although. He does 200k in February, 37k in March then 1,250k in April? That's a little suspicious.

Our budding genius troll loves to change the subject line.

Anyway, today Garmin's servers are having breadcrumb loading issues. Wifi or cellphone network the breadcrumb are not all loading. Hopefully the problem is fixed sometime today and I will be able to provide split updates.

The best way to estimate miles to go is from the finish for the day to Fort Lee, NJ, where the GW Bridge crossing is. From there to City Hall it's 13 miles. If she runs around in circles in between, that throws off your estimate if you are calculating miles completed by Pete K minus miles ran by Sandy.

So far Sandy has run over 15 miles more than Pete K to get to where she is. For instance, Pete K ran 306 miles in CA. Sandy ran 314.

Google Maps is the easiest tool for estimates. You can also put the route into Map My Run like Coach Dave did to show Sandy's route estimate per state. If you compare the two, it's pretty close plus or minus 1/2 mile.

Side note: New York Marathon is Nov 5th so there will be 50k running fans and media in town to celebrate a record smashing finish.

SANDY: 5-MILE SPLITS

October 20th

Day # 40

02:44 AM 0

03:47 AM 5

04:52 AM 10

06:01 AM 15

07:13 AM 20

08:21 AM 25

So far today- wrote:

Our budding genius troll loves to change the subject line.

Your daily update posts are very helpful and appreciated. You seem like a reasonable person. That's why I honestly find your irrational fixation on subject lines so difficult to understand. What precisely is the problem with making the subject line relevant to the post's content? This is normal, even helpful. Please stop obsessing over the subject line.

Math is hard wrote:

Google Maps is the easiest tool for estimates. You can also put the route into Map My Run like Coach Dave did to show Sandy's route estimate per state. If you compare the two, it's pretty close plus or minus 1/2 mile.

Google Maps distance is not a very close match to Gamin distance. It is typically measuring short (1-2%) and it likely has to do with how their route measuring tool accounts for elevation, or doesn't account for it. Sandy is running Pete's route, more or less, It isn't entirely clear where the differences are but there may be one in California, and there definitely a long one the after (19.9 mile day) the midnight run up the mountain pass out of steamboat springs. Then Sandy had a ~3 mile long route miscue in the last week or so--she had to return along her miscue so those are miles added to her distance.

Anyway, I estimated Sandy would likely run closer to 3100 miles. But people seem to want to use Pete K's 3067 miles for estimating.

I have learned several things about Google Maps using it to determine miles run and splits. It is not as accurate as people might think.

Sandy? wrote:

So far today- wrote:

Our budding genius troll loves to change the subject line.

Your daily update posts are very helpful and appreciated. You seem like a reasonable person. That's why I honestly find your irrational fixation on subject lines so difficult to understand. What precisely is the problem with making the subject line relevant to the post's content? This is normal, even helpful. Please stop obsessing over the subject line.

I am not irrational at all. I have been posting on LRC for the last 12-years. Subject line editing is what trolls love to do. Maybe you haven't noticed this before but long time posters have. The majority of posters don't bother editing it, in fact most don't know it can be edited.

So far today- wrote:

Our budding genius troll loves to change the subject line.

Whoops I just realized it is me who keeps changing the subject line.

I'm the troll. Sorry everyone.

Ignore the childish troll who posts under the name I have used.

Sandy? wrote:

Your daily update posts are very helpful and appreciated. You seem like a reasonable person. That's why I honestly find your irrational fixation on subject lines so difficult to understand. What precisely is the problem with making the subject line relevant to the post's content? This is normal, even helpful. Please stop obsessing over the subject line.

Thanks, and you're right.

Please change the subject line as you wish, and I'll stop trying to be so controlling and obsessive.