Trying to run from Hell, in vain at any speed.
Posted on 04/15/2018 12:04:30 PM PDT by daniel1212
The story of this extraordinary feat as related here , among other sources, and the background story, is that,
BOSTON - Qualifying for the Boston Marathon is hard enough. Running the 26.2 miles on Patriot Day in Boston can be even more difficult. Lafayette man, David Clark, just ran the course four times in 24 hours.
"I have 10 years of sobriety coming up this year and I wanted to do a run for addiction awareness," said Clark. A decade ago, Clark was 320 pounds and addicted to alcohol and painkillers. Today, he's 160 pounds and a seasoned ultramarathoner.
"I feel like I've been tenderized," said Clark from his Boston hotel room after running 104.8 miles in 24 hours and 17 minutes. "It would take me an hour to list all of the parts of my body that hurt right now."
He started his run at 5 p.m. on Sunday, running from the finish line on Boylston Street to the start 26.2 miles away in Hopkinton. Then, he ran to the finish in the middle of the night, just to return back to the start in time for the actual Boston Marathon.
"I was, actually, the last official starter," said Clark. He finished his official race in 5:53:22, a pace of 13:29 per mile [at which pace, using rounded figures, it would take over 21 hours to run 105 (104.8)miles, and Clark only had 18 hours (from 5pm Sun. to 11:15AM -wave 4-Monday) to run four 26.2 mi courses . But to qualify a 46 yr. old man must have a 3 hr 25 min time, which is about 8 min per mile (208 min for 26 mi), while the average pace between 13:30 per mi and 8 per mi is 10.65, which amounts to 1,118.25 minutes for 105 miles, or slightly more than the 18 hours (1,080.00 min) he had to run. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The man has a book, and he has real corroboration for being a marathoner, yet I do find this feat hard to believe, though not impossible, and did some rough calculations which I thought I would let others examine for any errors or reasoned comments.
Based on what I have read, David Clark finished his official (the last one) run in 5:53:22, a pace of 13:29 per mile. At which pace, using rounded figures, it would take over 23 hours (1,380 min) to run 105 (104.8) miles, and Clark only had 18 hours (from 5pm Sun. to the 11:15AM wave-4 start on Monday) to run his four 26.2 mile runs.
But to qualify a 46 yr. old man must have a 3 hr 25 min time, which is about 8 min per mile (208 min for 26 mi), while the average pace between 13:30 per mi and 8 per mi is 10.65 mph, which amounts to 1,118 minutes for 105 miles, or slightly more than the 18 hours (1,080.00 min) he had to run.
Thus IF my rough calculations are valid, then he would have had to almost run non-stop, or have a faster pace than 10.65 mph.
Now I also read that "Clark has run the Badwater 135 ultramarathon twice. Two weeks after each race, he ran Leadville 100, which is a daunting race through the Colorado Rockies in August." (https://www.elementsbehavioralhealth.com/recovery/author-tells-of-his-ultra-recovery/) Which attests to his God-given endurance, though nowhere do i see him giving God any credit for his recovery, etc.
For comparison I have also read of a gregarious 47-year old Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran, ultramarathoner and former opiate addict, Joshua Stevens, who finished a 121.3 mile 24-hour treadmill fundraising run journey. (https://www.motivrunning.com/running-life/inspiration/trials-miles-24-hours-treadmill)
Anyway, with a windy, cool (mid 40) all-day rain tomorrow about the only record-breaking in the Marathon might be the number of falls.
Trying to run from Hell, in vain at any speed.
“He finished his official race in 5:53:22”
My granddaughter did it in 3:25.
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Big deal, I did it last year in 17
So? I did it running backwards.
I’ll bet both of you cheated and ran on your feet instead of your hands.
I would have finished in 17 hours but my leg cast got wet and I had to tend to it for almost an hour.
I thought it was the frequency of the owner’s favorite radio station.
LOL! It looks like that, doesn’t it!
13.1 Half Marathon
26.2 Full Marathon
52.4 Double marathon
etc.
Now you know! :-)
“I would have finished in 17 hours but my leg cast got wet and I had to tend to it for almost an hour.”
Ha! So you admit you were on your feet?
I hope you’ve seen the movie about Cliffy Young !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Karnazes
I like mine better. ;-D
My Favorite classic Rock Station is 101.1. I should make an oval with that on it and REALLY confuse the runners! LOL!
Amazing, perhaps incredible without drugs even (I presume). Averaging 13 minutes per mile. Just to stat awake for 80 hours is beyond me. But from his log,
SATURDAY 2:21 a.m. "I've been sleep running. I suddenly woke up and realized I'm still running. And the really bizarre thing is that I feel like I got a little catnap." -https://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/dean-karzes-runs-350-miles
And yet "Karnazes was not compatible with his high-school track coach, and stopped running for fifteen years."
The beef I have with this is that to raise awareness, you must assume I am ignorant, which offends me.
So no, This guy does not get to raise my awareness.
Maybe a 98.6 one as well. ;-D
“...I wanted to do a run for addiction awareness...”
The beef I have with this is that to raise awareness, you must assume I am ignorant, which offends me.
So no, This guy does not get to raise my awareness.”
Whew! I’ll sleep better tonight knowing that that is settled business even though j have no idea how I am involved.
Ha Ha Ha!
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