Need motivation to get some exercise? Colorado man runs the entire Appalachian Trail.
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saw that yesterday. scott was already in very elite territory within the ultra running community, but had backed off the past few years. glad to see him back on top of his game.
crazy averaging almost 50 a.t. miles per day for 46.5 days. those are hard miles.
here is a 2011 runner's world article on a.t. fastest know times.
the record holder before jurek was a woman, jennifer pharr davis who did the trail last year in 46 days 11 hours or so, so scott had some time to dilly dally if he wanted it.
crazy averaging almost 50 a.t. miles per day for 46.5 days. those are hard miles.
here is a 2011 runner's world article on a.t. fastest know times.
the record holder before jurek was a woman, jennifer pharr davis who did the trail last year in 46 days 11 hours or so, so scott had some time to dilly dally if he wanted it.
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Jennifer and I have many common friends, so I heard about it when she did it. Virtually no one else noticed because basically her only support was her husband whereas Jurek had a full support crew. She also did it hiking instead of trail running. Jurek started out claiming that he would beat her record by four days. He was falling so far behind that it looked like he wouldn't even break the record at all, but he pulled three all-nighters in a row to beat the record by three hours.
I don't mean to discredit Jurek because it is an incredible feat. But, I also think what Jennifer did is unreal.
cool. i haven't met her, but heard a lot of buzz in my little corner of the running world when she set the record. i got to meet jurek 11 or so years ago when he was a race i ran in virginia, near lynchburg. super nice and down to earth guy. until i read about this a couple of days ago, i thought jurek was out of the competitive running.
when you get into that level, especially the long trail fastest known times, its amazing how many factors come into play and what these guys push themselves through. coordinating all of that with only one other person is that much more impressive.
in my experience, state park rangers can be some of the nastiest folks to deal with and the nasty attitude generally flows down from either the head ranger or the state parks dept. i wonder if they showed up in an mrap to stop the lawlessness.
I've been seeing articles lately where they make take Katahdin off the AT because of partying thru-hikers trashing Baxter SP. This guy doesn't exactly fit that type of hiker though.
Getting the nod on the champagne followed by a ticket and a fine higher than typical for the offense would really be the cherry on top for me.
My kids when little had a butterfly net and were in the Shenandoah National Park catching butterflies, looking at them and letting them fly away. The park ranger pulled over told my wife to stop the kids from "molesting the wildlife."
ridiculous. i have had some really stupid interactions with rangers at kennessaw and cochran shoals (chattahoochee) both NPS personnel, and also at sweetwater creek state park.
It scared the crap out of the kids. It made me wonder whether the Ranger was allowed to keep just one bullet in his left breast pocket.
I happen to be staying with a friend in Asheville, NC, who has hiked the entire trail. He stays in contact with a large segment of the thru-hiker community. There is much consternation that Jurek is the last straw on the camel's back. Jurek is dissembling. There is a strict limit of ten people on the mountain at any given time, because of the narrow rocky trail, narrow summit, and, as mentioned above, litter problem. Jurek's "support" crew, a large portion of which was constituted of cameramen, "producers" and PR people far, far exceeded the limit and Jurek knew this before hand. "Sneaking" in champagne was also false. It also was planned beforehand. A large portion of AT hiking community feel that this will result in Katahdin being taken off the AT, which will be a shame...
thanks for the perspective earl. i could fully see the end of his run being a crap show with a bunch of folks trying to be part of his "glory". these days, i generally try to stay on the sidelines when it comes to user group conflicts (e.g hikers vs runners, fisherfolk vs boaters). i have also seen some times where the ptb pit the user groups against each other as they attempt to limit access to public areas even more and i hope this isn't the case with katahdin.
and yesterday, heather anderson just set a new fastest known time (fkt) for a self-supported trip on the at. 54 days, 7 hours, 48 minutes
she finished on springer mtn in georgia
apparently karl meltzer (and earlier record holder for supported trips) is 28 days in trying to best jurek's time
she finished on springer mtn in georgia
apparently karl meltzer (and earlier record holder for supported trips) is 28 days in trying to best jurek's time
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