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:
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
Congrats Bjoern! You did great. Time for you to rest and get some sleep. ~Ed D.
Aside from being a little tired, you must be slightly hynotized by the repetition! ~Ben G.
Why? Why Why? Why? Why? Why? Why Why? Why? Why?Why? Why Why? Why? Why?Why? Why Why? Why? Why?Why? Why Why? Why? Why?Why? Why Why? Why? Why?;-)
Great job, Bjoern! I had never done more than 50M either. Kinda cool to delve so far into terra incognita!!! ~Erik Schnautz
Run, Bjoern, Run! ~ Peggy Keely
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.
Congrats! I like to think that in a small way I contributed to your success. Nice to know you survived. ~Jenn W.
Truly inspirational, Bjoern! Way to go! ~Grace H.
You are awesome. It was great to meet you. Thanks for being a runspiration. ~Rose M.
Wonderful!!! ~Sharyn F.
You're an Inspiration: You are AWESOME! ~Patricia B.
Congrats: WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA that is super impressive! WOW congrats on the 24hr ultra!! HOLY MOLY, bjoern, nice job! ~Linna
You're an Inspiration: AWESOME JOB!!!!!! ~Missy P.
You're an Inspiration: YOU ARE DA MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ~Sue R.
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
nice! i am running a 24 hour in june. you got me more excited ~Joshua W.
holy cow! Great job!! I'm happy to get a 1 hour run :) ~Katie C.
Great Performance: Hello there new friend. Quite an impressive! ~Tim N.
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.
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 ...
Nice Job: Incredible!!! Hope your recovery is going well. ~Chantana
Great Performance: Sounds like a great time..You Ultra guys are incredible!! ~Jim W.
Bjoern, I'm speechless! Great job on a huge accomplishment. ~Tim F.
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.
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!
You're an Inspiration: Wow! I haven't run that many miles all year! ~Becky K.
Post a Comment