Wednesday, April 6, 2005

2 days, 2 continents, 3marathons

Pam Reed, who just ran 300 miles without sleep last week, is now attempting another big feat. She and fellow ultra-marathon woman Laura Yasso, here, will run in the London Marathon on April 17, 2005 and then fly to Massachusetts. Precisely 3.5 hours before the first corral is released at noon for the Boston Marathon these two dynamo's will run the course in reverse, reach the start line just before noon, take a drink of water, turn around and run it again this time with the rest of the field in a scheduled 3.5 hour finish.

Talk about beating the body up. I have heard of people getting thrombosis and dying from sitting in airplane seats will crossing the atlantic, could you imagine the cramping you or I would have and then running 52.4 miles?

3 comments:

White Salamander said...

Man, that is just plain ridiculous. What a feat if she is able to pull it off.

Flatman said...

Ouch. I guess my five mile run scheduled for tonight doesn't carry much weight in her world, huh?

Wil said...

I can see the run, but the flight over the ocean in between, uuggggghhhhh. Though, I guess after winning Badwater, and doing the 300 miles, not much scares her!