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Gives me an idea of an ultra endurance event... Think "Ironman" of walking. Let's say participants would have two weeks to complete the 587 km course or some pa

Gives me an idea of an ultra endurance event... Think "Ironman" of walking. Let's say participants would have two weeks to complete the 587 km course or some part of it and whoever finished first is the Leatherman.

Sesse__ 1y ago
How would it differ from other long ultras?
- chinaev 1y ago
  Cool origin story
- rtkwe 1y ago
  It would be on the longer side of ultras and unique if it was actually run over the route (vaguely defined) that Leatherman took. But that's mostly because they tend to not be done that way because of the difficulties of supporting runners when the course is that long. The really long ultras are often lap based instead of being a course that's actually 100+km long or take place in remote areas with support cars following the runners.
codezero 1y ago
It exists. Well almost. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley_Marathons https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley_Marathons
64d032fe 1y ago
Do you have to walk? I get that power walking exists as a sport. But no way to easily disqualify people from running instead of walking. Plenty of ultras exist though this would be a cool theme.
zikduruqe 1y ago
Now days, people call them backyard ultras. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backyard_ultra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backyard_ultra
- rtkwe 1y ago
  It's only one loop so not really a backyard ultra.
rtkwe 1y ago
There already are, they're called ultramarathons [0], 587 km would be on the longer end for a regularly held race but it's only slightly longer than Dean Karnazes's record for an uninterrupted run which was 560 km in 80 hours [1] so it'd be a multi day race probably. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramarathon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramarathon [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Karnazes#Running_highlights_and_race_results https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Karnazes#Running_highligh...
- rtkwe 1y ago
  Usually the extremely long distance ultra events are held as laps around a limited area because it's hard to safely run a race over hundreds of kilometers over a long period. Each racer needs a support car usually in the really long distance events that do happen to be run on roads etc. blocking traffic and making sure if they do get into medical trouble they can get help immediately.
Symmetry 1y ago
That was a big deal in the 19th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrianism Crazy things like people walking 1 mile every hour for 1000 hours, grabbing bits of sleep within those hours.

Sesse__ 1y ago

How would it differ from other long ultras?

chinaev 1y ago
Cool origin story
rtkwe 1y ago
It would be on the longer side of ultras and unique if it was actually run over the route (vaguely defined) that Leatherman took. But that's mostly because they tend to not be done that way because of the difficulties of supporting runners when the course is that long. The really long ultras are often lap based instead of being a course that's actually 100+km long or take place in remote areas with support cars following the runners.

codezero 1y ago

It exists. Well almost. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley_Marathons https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley_Marathons

64d032fe 1y ago

Do you have to walk? I get that power walking exists as a sport. But no way to easily disqualify people from running instead of walking. Plenty of ultras exist though this would be a cool theme.

zikduruqe 1y ago

Now days, people call them backyard ultras. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backyard_ultra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backyard_ultra

rtkwe 1y ago
It's only one loop so not really a backyard ultra.

rtkwe 1y ago

There already are, they're called ultramarathons [0], 587 km would be on the longer end for a regularly held race but it's only slightly longer than Dean Karnazes's record for an uninterrupted run which was 560 km in 80 hours [1] so it'd be a multi day race probably. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramarathon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramarathon [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Karnazes#Running_highlights_and_race_results https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Karnazes#Running_highligh...

rtkwe 1y ago
Usually the extremely long distance ultra events are held as laps around a limited area because it's hard to safely run a race over hundreds of kilometers over a long period. Each racer needs a support car usually in the really long distance events that do happen to be run on roads etc. blocking traffic and making sure if they do get into medical trouble they can get help immediately.

Symmetry 1y ago

That was a big deal in the 19th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrianism Crazy things like people walking 1 mile every hour for 1000 hours, grabbing bits of sleep within those hours.