Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Fall Marathon Streak: 7 in 7

In 2005, I ran a streak of marathons. 4 marathons (or longer) in 5 weeks totaling 104 miles. In 2007, I upped the distance to 139 racing miles in 5 weeks (50 miles, 100k, marathon, and a 5k).

So this fall, I couldn't decide what fall area races to run. So, I pretty much ran them all. 7 marathons or longer in 7 consecutive weeks. All in all, it went pretty well. Had a bumpy start on the first two, then I got into a groove.

Groundhog 50k - 9/12
YUTCC 50K - 9/19
Akron Marathon - 9/26
Johnstown Marathon - 10/4
Towpath Marathon - 10/11
Columbus Marathon - 10/18
Running with Scissors Trail Marathon+ - 10/25

Here are the stats:
194 miles
28 hours, 51 minutes, 38 seconds
268,305 heartbeats (taking an average of 155bpm into account)
90 enduralites
84% Avgerage Percentile Finsh Rate (not bad)
24 gels
7 shirts
1 jacket
1 mug
2 large containers of Perpetuam & Recoverite
2 States
1 massage