I'm saying this because a local guy took part of the World Marathon Challenge: 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days, and it was sleep deprivation that was hardest, but he also had a very hard time getting all the calories in. That was 7 days. Only marathons, not IM events.

I'm saying this because a local guy took part of the World Marathon Challenge: 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days, and it was sleep deprivation that was hardest, but he also had a very hard time getting all the calories in. That was 7 days. Only marathons, not IM events.

Dug this out of one of the ultra running groups on FB. Yiannis Kouros is probably the greatest ultra runner ever and holds most of the multi-day world records:

" The research on Yiannis shows that in his Sydney-to-Melbourne 6 day race [544 miles] his daily expenditure ranged from 15,367 kcal on the first day (he believed in starting hard) to 7736 kcal on the 5th day (he progressed to a lot of race walking). His energy intake ranged from 13,770kcal on the first day to 7800 kcal on the 5th day."

 

Dug this out of one of the ultra running groups on FB. Yiannis Kouros is probably the greatest ultra runner ever and holds most of the multi-day world records:

" The research on Yiannis shows that in his Sydney-to-Melbourne 6 day race [544 miles] his daily expenditure ranged from 15,367 kcal on the first day (he believed in starting hard) to 7736 kcal on the 5th day (he progressed to a lot of race walking). His energy intake ranged from 13,770kcal on the first day to 7800 kcal on the 5th day."

Ok. So it's doable. I still think it's going to be a big challenge to do it 50 days in a row.

Nice pic, lol! For a while, when I was in school, I ate at McDonald's every day. It was the meal of the day deal, or something like that, and I could get the daily sandwich, fries and soft drink for ultra cheap. Couln't beat that. Never gained an ounce. When it was McFish day, I'd cross the street and get a similar deal on cheap pizza. I'd also drink plenty of beer every day. But I had almost nothing for breakfast, and a school cafeteria meal for lunch. Even with the MacDonald's and beer, I wasn't getting that many calories.

That's not a problem the vast majority of people here have.

We pick on Mac Donald's but of course one could eat there every day and not get fat. It's the general ignorance of not knowing the impact of calories that does people in.

I'm saying this because a local guy took part of the World Marathon Challenge: 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days, and it was sleep deprivation that was hardest, but he also had a very hard time getting all the calories in. That was 7 days. Only marathons, not IM events.

I did two marathons in two days and that was hard enough between getting my calories back in, hydrating, and recovering before the next one.  I hardly sleep too.  I cannot imagine a week of that.