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Cigarettes and Silhouettes: Running the Cancelled LOViT 100 Mile Trail Run

43 points by hownottowrite 9y ago

shijie 9y ago
Whelp, now I wanna do a 100. After three full Ironman triathlons, my mind is looking for new novel ways to suffer. I’m totally going to do this.
- js2 9y ago
  You’ll get it. I’ve run two 100s and I’m running my third in a few weeks. The suffering really begins after 100K or so. It’s a long time on your feet. If that doesn’t do it for you, let me recommend one of these options: - The Last Annual Vol State 500K. https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=34762 https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=34762 - The Quintuple Anvil Triathlon. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/sports/virginia-quintuple-anvil-triathlon.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/sports/virginia-quintuple... You might also want to explore timed races where you run as far as you can on a loop course in 6 hr, 12 hr, 24 hr or 48 hr. And if after all that you still haven’t found what you’re looking for, I can only recommend the Self-Transcendence 3100 mile race. http://www.3100.ws/ http://www.3100.ws/
joelhaasnoot 9y ago
Wow! I once did 10 km about 10 years ago and haven't run since. This is inspiring.
Numberwang 9y ago
I used to run long orienteering events in the south of Sweden and in Denmark. None of them were ever longer than 25km as the birds fly. Comparing the effort those km was for me to the 160km this lady run, I must say I'm very very impressed.
- freehunter 9y ago
  For me it's not even the distance... it's the time. Running 100 miles doesn't sound impossible to me... running for 31 straight hours is what sounds impossible.
  - danielvf 9y ago
    She did a lot of that time walking. That's an average speed of 3.2 mph, which is just a hair faster than a brisk walk. Not to say that she didn't do something way beyond what most people have ever done. I once hiked 55 miles over five days in the mountains and that was enough.
karag 9y ago
I did one 100 kilometers last summer in slovakia, It was a beautiful day to suffer! /micdrop
discreteevent 9y ago
If you like this kind if thing, I happened to be reading this yesterday about two cyclists who failed to complete the European transcontinental bike race. I like the way he writes and there are some good photographs. http://road.cc/content/blog/227874-transcontinentall-tale http://road.cc/content/blog/227874-transcontinentall-tale
mactyler 9y ago
If you enjoyed this I'd highly recommend watching the Documentary, "The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young", it's also primarily about a very long trail run in a way, but it touches on so much more throughout. Highly recommend it.
rukuu001 9y ago
This is a great piece; for some reason I love 'war' stories about mega-long trail runs. But the best thing about this story is the power of a super-supportive family.

43 points by hownottowrite 9y ago

Whelp, now I wanna do a 100. After three full Ironman triathlons, my mind is looking for new novel ways to suffer. I’m totally going to do this.

js2 9y ago
You’ll get it. I’ve run two 100s and I’m running my third in a few weeks. The suffering really begins after 100K or so. It’s a long time on your feet. If that doesn’t do it for you, let me recommend one of these options: - The Last Annual Vol State 500K. https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=34762 https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=34762 - The Quintuple Anvil Triathlon. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/sports/virginia-quintuple-anvil-triathlon.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/sports/virginia-quintuple... You might also want to explore timed races where you run as far as you can on a loop course in 6 hr, 12 hr, 24 hr or 48 hr. And if after all that you still haven’t found what you’re looking for, I can only recommend the Self-Transcendence 3100 mile race. http://www.3100.ws/ http://www.3100.ws/

joelhaasnoot 9y ago

Wow! I once did 10 km about 10 years ago and haven't run since. This is inspiring.

Numberwang 9y ago

I used to run long orienteering events in the south of Sweden and in Denmark. None of them were ever longer than 25km as the birds fly. Comparing the effort those km was for me to the 160km this lady run, I must say I'm very very impressed.

freehunter 9y ago
For me it's not even the distance... it's the time. Running 100 miles doesn't sound impossible to me... running for 31 straight hours is what sounds impossible.
- danielvf 9y ago
  She did a lot of that time walking. That's an average speed of 3.2 mph, which is just a hair faster than a brisk walk. Not to say that she didn't do something way beyond what most people have ever done. I once hiked 55 miles over five days in the mountains and that was enough.

karag 9y ago

I did one 100 kilometers last summer in slovakia, It was a beautiful day to suffer! /micdrop

discreteevent 9y ago

If you like this kind if thing, I happened to be reading this yesterday about two cyclists who failed to complete the European transcontinental bike race. I like the way he writes and there are some good photographs. http://road.cc/content/blog/227874-transcontinentall-tale http://road.cc/content/blog/227874-transcontinentall-tale

mactyler 9y ago

If you enjoyed this I'd highly recommend watching the Documentary, "The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young", it's also primarily about a very long trail run in a way, but it touches on so much more throughout. Highly recommend it.

rukuu001 9y ago

This is a great piece; for some reason I love 'war' stories about mega-long trail runs. But the best thing about this story is the power of a super-supportive family.