In December I’m running a BackYard Ultra. What’s a Backyard Ultra? Its a race that runs a 4.18 mile route and a new loop starts every hour. Doesn’t matter how fast you go as long as you are there to start the next loop. Here is the difficulty
In contrast to usual ultramarathon races, untrained people can join a Backyard Ultra — and not drop out during the first handful of rounds, as the required pace is quite low: 14.4 minutes per mile, or 8.9 minutes per kilometer. Thus, the challenge is rather a mental one: No participant knows when the race will end, and the participant’s ranking does not depend on themselves, but on whether their competitors are giving up.
As every runner has to start the next round at exactly the same time, a fast runner does not have an advantage over slower ones. While running too fast will burn the energy reserves, a slow speed will not allow enough rest before the next round. Thus, the main challenge lies in maintaining the running speed over dozens of hours, getting enough rest, and spending the resting time as efficiently as possible — with either a massage, a power nap, a restroom visit, or getting food and drinks. The most successful Backyard Ultra runners strive for a resting time of 14 to 18 minutes, forcing them to run 4.167 miles in 42 to 46 minutes.
According to Lazarus Lake, the founder, most runners do not drop out because of missing the per-round time limit, but because of their diminishing mental strength to carry on. This is well illustrated by Lake’s statement that “[…] the hardest part of the course is between your chair and the starting corral”. When a runner displays pain or fatigue, it often motivates the other runners to carry on because they expect him or her to give up.
I’m not sure how I will do. I really don’t know how mentally strong I am. I know I can do 15-hour events like the Ironman with no issues. Sleep deprivation can make things go bad quickly. I’m working on a simulation where I am spending 8 hrs doing a 4 mile course. 32 hrs over the course of the day. It’s not the same as doing 15 or 20 but its a feel of the time in between and what I will do at the breaks. I am also going to get up at night one night and do the same. But starting it at midnight and run until 8 am.
I know, it sound incredibly stupid. But within that stupidity is clarity for me. Trying hard things makes everything else seem so easy.
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