Wed 23 Nov 2011
This weekend, a guy I know (friend of many friends …) is doing a crazy thing in Grand Cayman ; let me tell you, this one seriously crazy idea. He is running 100 miles (+-16o km ) starting Saturday morning and will likely finish sometime around 6am Sunday (almost 24 of running!!!) Why would anyone ever do such a nutty thing? Being a (novice) runner myself, I know how tough it is to run just 10km, so add 150km to that (100 miles is roughly 4 consecutive marathons), add the Cayman sun/humidity and you have one heck of a challenge.
So, why? its to raise money and awareness for the Cayman Islands Diabetes Association. (C.I.D.A). Awesome idea.
Here is the route, mile by mile. A much bigger picture can be seen on his website:
The neat thing is that anyone can run the first 5km with him(sorta) on Saturday AM. How : Saturday AM, in another fund raiser, there is the annual C.I.D.A 5km walk/run. James Murray – the 100 mile man – will start off on that 5km run and of course continue on for another 155km while the rest of us head for the beach. I will be there running it ; only one week to go before the Cayman Islands marathon.
So if you are on island are driving around this Saturday, look out for a slow moving van driven by a redhead (Hi Lauren!) and a guy running in front of it with an orange bandana on his head.
If you would like to donate to this very worthy cause (or just for the fact that a guy is running 100 miles in one session which on its own is pretty hard core …) you can do so here.
http://www.acrazyidea.com/donate
How much is the Guinness record ?
Le record Guiness c’est 372 en 48 heures sur tapis roulant.
On parle d’air climatisé ici, et c’est plus facile (je pense) de courir sur un tapis roulant.
@Yves. Its not a Guinness record but once he is done he will deserve a pint of Guinness beer 🙂