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2008-07-22:

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Distance today: 44.0 km (Accumulated: 993.0 km)
Elapsed time: 04:07:07
Country: Europe

Start 8:34am. at Kauppahalli in Oulu City. 13c, rain and l. wind. Alt. 150m, 993hPa.
Finish14:00pm. At cross of Varalantie and Oluntie street in Temmes. 15c, light rain. Alt 175m, 992hPa.

Distance relativity !

- often people react to extreme ultraruns like world run one andtwo with comments along the lines of "It cant be possible" or "it must be extemely hard and painfull. I cant imagine how you can do it day by day..".
But in fact its not only possible, but also enjoyable and I do believe its a thing most long distance runners could do if they desire set their mind to it !
I'll try to explain why - then you judge for yourselves :-)

Running longer distances than a marathon on a daily basis is not a new thing. Since the 17.century there has on/off been 6-day runs in europe; from the early UK-days w. winning distances of up to 100miles/day !
The tradition still goes on: at the moment a 6day race is going on in Sweden - and - 3100mile race in NYC !! (see multidays.com).

The world record on 6day is nearly 180km/day. Comparedour 50km/day is relatively easy and coincidently the ratio between 100m pace & marathon pace records is about the same. And distance and difference perhaps also comparably. This is a very long-drawn kind of endurence a bit as the 3100mile in New York - where Finish Pekka Alto and german Wolfgang Schwerk are the world leaders :-)

Another illustration: Yesterday marathon runner Petri ran w. us. Today he intended to do 10km but he easily ran todays stage!