After reading through the Comrades Ultra thread on the training forum a question hit me. So after picking myself off the floor i decided to post it as a thread.
How far is it possible to run without stopping.
What are the bounderies of human limitations?( i know i said that in the Comrades thread but it took me ages to think it up.)
I will start, the furthest distance i have run without stopping is a Half Marathon, an unimpressive 13.1 miles.
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Curently I don't trust my knees to last more than 13.1
How about doing a survey of age-related run-without-stopping / age statistics? You'd have to specify the maximum lenght of stop which didn't count as a stop of course. I suggest that 2 minutes maximum is sufficient to evacuate the bowels or bladder but still prohibits elicit gourmet meals or sleep-ins?
So many questions.
Some nutters down my gym are doing a 24 hour treadmill record, so will need to do over 100 miles. What's worse is that the 100 mile record on the track is something like 10 or 11 hours, so that's somewhere around 15 or 16kph average. Scary!
Takes longer as you get older tho'
Most people at work think I'm nuts when I say that I'm running home (about thirteen miles) and ask me if there's something wrong with the trains.
Time I got my kit on and did some running instead of reading about it.
but I have my eye on an ultra run - West Highland Way - 95 miles of mountains and rugged terrain. Might do it next year if I can convince anyone to do it with me.
I figure if I can last the 226km of an Ironman, I should be able to last an 80km run? Fingers crossed.