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Jul 2020
8:52pm, 19 Jul 2020
591 posts
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Totriornottotri
But still a big rest compared to the 5 day efforts we’ve see which have been 2 hrs / 20min naps. I know the distance is different - it’s a sliding scale of rest v effort v speed over time.
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Jul 2020
10:37pm, 19 Jul 2020
35,123 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
Elapsed time was 14:39 on Day 2 and 15:13 on Day 3. Today's run hasn't been posted yet, but from the comments above, it looks as if it will be longer again. If it wasn't already clear, it's becoming apparent now what a tough undertaking this is.
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Jul 2020
7:53am, 20 Jul 2020
17,069 posts
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Rosehip
17:10 elapsed on day 4, she'll run out of hours in the day if each 70 miles becomes 2 hours longer 
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Jul 2020
8:00am, 20 Jul 2020
13,385 posts
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Garfield
Yes, it will be interesting to monitor that...
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Jul 2020
8:22am, 20 Jul 2020
1,894 posts
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flyingfinn
The fall off in pace has been quite dramatic from Day 1. If the tactic of running a fixed 70 miles everyday then resting was working I would expect her to be much more consistent at this point and the tail off to be much more gradual if it was to be sustainable for 12 days. I can't help feeling that if she is going to make it in 12 days she will have to shift to a more continuous movement model with short breaks (2-3 hours?) every so often.
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Jul 2020
9:23am, 20 Jul 2020
35,125 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
Day 1, when she was fresh, must have given her something of a false sense of optimism about what a day would look like, but now she's really getting into the heart of the challenge.
On the 70-mile per day assumption, it presumably looked feasible to keep going until the end of the day's route: at about 6mph that was 12 hours allocated of the 24 available. But at 4mph it's 17 or 18 hours a day on her feet and so, yes, the single rest/break strategy (if that is what it is) doesn't work so well.
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Jul 2020
9:38am, 20 Jul 2020
47,623 posts
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Velociraptor
Or it's possible that she knows what she's doing and has planned a change of approach as the run progresses
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Jul 2020
9:46am, 20 Jul 2020
3,674 posts
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K5 Gus
On the orange site :
Friday's run was called "Day 2...fuck my life!"
Saturday's "Day 3 - Started well ended in tears. Probably to be expected!"
and yesterday "Day 4...an emotional rollercoaster!
so not sure it's going quite as she planned/hoped
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Jul 2020
9:51am, 20 Jul 2020
47,624 posts
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Velociraptor
Who knows. Elite athletes and their gamesmanship (Though I'm sure the accompanying profile of the run will make it fairly obvious whether she's actually doing OK or dying a slow and painful death.)
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Jul 2020
9:57am, 20 Jul 2020
35,129 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
I saw those titles and it's difficult to infer anything at all without knowing the athlete in question.
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