Hermosa 24 Relay!
June 17th, 2011, 11:37pm by Jake
So it’s certainly not the most exciting news in Pyslent land this weekend, but it’s still sure to be tons of fun! Starting Saturday noon and continuing until Sunday at noon, I will be competing as part of 2 teams in the inaugural Hermosa 24 Ultramarathon & Relay. More or less inaugural, as last year Operation Jack Marathon winner Christian Burke ran solo for 24 hours last Labor Day weekend, covering 83+ miles to set a new Guinness World Record. This year, Christian is organizing it while a dozen others take the solo challenge, including pre-race favorite Patrick Sweeney– who won the 2010 Palos Verdes Marathon in 2:37 while wearing Vibram Five Fingers.
Tomorrow’s course is pretty standard, back & forth between the Hermosa and Manhattan piers. I’ve covered that ground before, up to 20 miles in a day and 30 in a weekend– although not always in a straight line! I managed to convince 9 of my co-workers to join the run for 1-4 laps, and found 7 more to run on the CORE team as well. My goal is to cover 10 laps total, tough but certainly doable. No idea how to prep for an event like this, in some ways much easier but in other ways much tougher than a marathon. Probably a good idea NOT to be at a rock concert until after midnight! Will post some pics when I get the chance, in the meantime wish me good luck.
June 18th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
Good luck!!
June 19th, 2011 at 11:33 pm
I’m cooked! Team Structures completed 24 laps (21 officially) and Team CORE completed 26 laps– which tied Pat Sweeney, who set a new record with 87.5 miles in the sand. Crazy! I ran & ran/walked 9 myself, 30.4 miles. About 5 minutes sleep. Pretty exhausted, but my legs feel OK.
June 20th, 2011 at 1:59 pm
First story is posted, http://hermosabeach.patch.com/articles/crossing-hermosa-24-finish-line