For almost a month now, Karl Meltzer has been running. No, I don't mean he started heading out to the treadmill 3x/week. He has been running, all day, EVERY DAY, since August 5th.
Karl is aiming to beat the record for clocking the fastest running time on the Appalachian Trail. That's right, he's on schedule to cover a full 2,174 miles in 47 calendar days. Karl started at Mt. Katahdin and is moving southwest through Pennsylvania.
Let's do some currency conversions here to get a better perspective of this challenge:
2,174 miles is:
83 FULL MARATHONS, on trails
1 ULTRA MARATHON every day for 6 weeks
7 (at LEAST!) destroyed pairs of running shoes (generally running shoes should be replaced every 300-500 miles)
Based on his web site, whereskarl.com, it's still too close to determine whether or not he'll beat the record. As of yesterday (day #29), he's chalked up the following numbers:
Total Miles: 1,010
Total Hours: 315:50
Calories: 169,473
Avg. Pace to date: 2.64mph
Vertical: 185,010 ft
Check out his daily blog for stats, live Karl tracking via GPS and posts from the crew on how he's doing!
http://www.whereskarl.com
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