Saturday, March 19, 2011

Live updates from the R4K24 Ultra

It was a great day! Long, with ups and downs and at the end a little painful ... But I got to know some super nice and inspiring people, like Ed Ettinghausen who ran 4 marathons today and who will run tomorrow from the finish line to the start of the LA Marathon to then do the race. With his final marathon tomorrow, he will break the (Guinness) world record for the most marathons in one year (112) ... .
The kids of the 100 Mile Club who joined us for their event during the day were just amazing! One 10 year old boy who never did more than a 5 miles run in his life before, ran 18 miles together with Ed ... .
The end result for me was also very positive. Since I have never officially completed a 50 Miler, my minimum goal for the day was 50 miles (80 km). Once I reached this, I went for the next higher goal of running a double marathon (52.4 mi./ 84.3 km). Then, the 100K was suddenly in reach and once I hit the 100 km (62 mi.), I pushed it and went for a triple marathon (78.6 mi./126.5 km) which I was able to complete about 30 seconds (!) before the end of the 24 hours! Round and around and around for 315 laps ... .
Thanks to all my friends who came out to support me and to  run/walk a few laps with me. It made all the difference! And thanks to all who donated for this great cause and who were following me online throughout the 24 hours.

What a great day!

27 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Bjoern,
Congratulations on another fine job, for a particularly wonderful cause.
We are so very proud to be counted among your fans and friends!!!
Those children are fortunate to have people such as you in their lives.
As always, our very best to you,
Barbara & Paul

Anonymous said...

Congrats Bjoern! You did great. Time for you to rest and get some sleep. ~Ed D.

Anonymous said...

Aside from being a little tired, you must be slightly hynotized by the repetition! ~Ben G.

AmericanGerman said...

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Anonymous said...

Great job, Bjoern! I had never done more than 50M either. Kinda cool to delve so far into terra incognita!!! ~Erik Schnautz

Anonymous said...

Run, Bjoern, Run! ~ Peggy Keely

Anonymous said...

Amazing! Congratulations on your personal achievement, BK! I know you are just as proud of what you were able to achieve for the cause as well.Take care and hope your recovery is quick! ~Laura T.

Anonymous said...

Congrats! I like to think that in a small way I contributed to your success. Nice to know you survived. ~Jenn W.

Anonymous said...

Truly inspirational, Bjoern! Way to go! ~Grace H.

Anonymous said...

You are awesome. It was great to meet you. Thanks for being a runspiration. ~Rose M.

Anonymous said...

Wonderful!!! ~Sharyn F.

Anonymous said...

You're an Inspiration: You are AWESOME! ~Patricia B.

Anonymous said...

Congrats: WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA that is super impressive! WOW congrats on the 24hr ultra!! HOLY MOLY, bjoern, nice job! ~Linna

Anonymous said...

You're an Inspiration: AWESOME JOB!!!!!! ~Missy P.

Anonymous said...

You're an Inspiration: YOU ARE DA MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~Sue R.

Anonymous said...

Bjorn, sorry i wasnt able to get out there to cheer you, Darren, & all the others thru the 24 hours! great job on getting in so many miles! VERY impressive! ~Jog M Up

Anonymous said...

nice! i am running a 24 hour in june. you got me more excited ~Joshua W.

Anonymous said...

holy cow! Great job!! I'm happy to get a 1 hour run :) ~Katie C.

Anonymous said...

Great Performance: Hello there new friend. Quite an impressive! ~Tim N.

Anonymous said...

That is an amazing accomplishment. Congratulations! I cannot imagine logging that many miles at one time. It's an easy way to get the 75 mile Daily Mile challenge out of the way, also. ~Rich M.

AmericanGerman said...

Yes, why not get the challenge out of the way at once while you are at it? ;-) Not sure that I will be able to do that as well with the April 120 mile challenge though ...

Anonymous said...

Nice Job: Incredible!!! Hope your recovery is going well. ~Chantana

Anonymous said...

Great Performance: Sounds like a great time..You Ultra guys are incredible!! ~Jim W.

Anonymous said...

Bjoern, I'm speechless! Great job on a huge accomplishment. ~Tim F.

Anonymous said...

Nice Job: Awesome job on running that much in 24 hrs!! Did you and Darren ran all the way together? you guys both have identical miles :-) ~Franco S.

AmericanGerman said...

Well, we trained a lot together and did the same race. So, we had a very similar pace, but we didn't run the whole time together. In fact, I didn't even plan on running that far. My goal was to do 100K. But when I reached it, there was still too much time left and I just couldn't stop there, because I asked all my friends to come out during the last few hours of the race. So it was! One after the other showed up and since they didn't come out to watch me lay in the grass, I just had to keep going!

Anonymous said...

You're an Inspiration: Wow! I haven't run that many miles all year! ~Becky K.