# I ran 50 miles yesterday **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ran-50-miles-yesterday/504498 "2009-07-28T00:01:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EnginNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ea924/32.png) [@EnginNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnginNerd)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ran-50-miles-yesterday/504498/21 "2009-07-28T14:19:10Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > I was working in Death Valley during the start of this year’s race. I can’t believe what those people put themselves through. I was in a more remote, higher elevation area of the park, and it was 116 degrees at 2000 feet - Badwater must have been around 125. Yeah, I’m pretty much a pansy when it comes to running in extreme hot or extreme cold weather. I can’t imagine doing something like that. ---
**Author:** ![EnginNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ea924/32.png) [@EnginNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnginNerd)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ran-50-miles-yesterday/504498/22 "2009-07-28T14:22:01Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > That is a seriously, seriously inspirational story. I’m one week out from finishing C25K, and I still can’t believe that I’m actually running. > > Thanks for sharing that. That’s great that you’ve stuck with it this far – It’s all downhill from here! (downhill being a good thing when you’re running…) ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ran-50-miles-yesterday/504498/23 "2009-07-28T14:25:46Z")
You ran 50 miles? Don’t you have a car? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ran-50-miles-yesterday/504498/24 "2009-07-28T14:36:56Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > So, when are you going to do the [Badwater 135](http://www.badwater.com/)? > [@Enginerd](#): > > I was working in Death Valley during the start of this year’s race. I can’t believe what those people put themselves through. I was in a more remote, higher elevation area of the park, and it was 116 degrees at 2000 feet - Badwater must have been around 125. [Running On The Sun: The Badwater 135](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236702/) Excellent documentary. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ran-50-miles-yesterday/504498/25 "2009-07-28T14:38:02Z")
> [@EnginNerd](#): > > … > But through it all, I felt surprisingly good. I kept my heart rate in the low to mid 140’s and once I hit the last aid station with only 7 miles to go, I took off and used up all the energy I amazingly still had left and made to the finish line, passing several runners that looked like death by that point. > … This is my favorite part … “only seven miles to go” like most people would consider even seven miles doable. ---
**Author:** ![EnginNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ea924/32.png) [@EnginNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnginNerd)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ran-50-miles-yesterday/504498/26 "2009-07-28T15:18:09Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > This is my favorite part … “only seven miles to go” like most people would consider even seven miles doable. Well, the point where I knew I was insane was at the second to last aid station when one of the volunteers said “only 13 miles to go.” And I caught myself thinking, ah, that’s hardly anything! Of course, after I analyzed that thought for a few minutes (you have a lot of time to think when running for 10 hours), I realized how crazy that really sounded. ---
**Author:** ![Baby\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@Baby\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baby_Driver)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ran-50-miles-yesterday/504498/27 "2009-07-29T17:29:16Z")
> [@EnginNerd](#): > > [snip] (you have a lot of time to think when running for 10 hours) Doesn’t it get lonely? ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ran-50-miles-yesterday/504498/28 "2009-07-29T17:42:01Z")
Wow! That is awesome, and more than a little inspiring. I completed the Couch to 5 K last year, but I stopped running when the snow hit the ground in December and I haven’t picked up since. I’d never be able to hit long distances, but I can certainly get off my fat ass and hit the pavement around the 'hood. Congratulations on your race! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ran-50-miles-yesterday/504498/29 "2009-07-29T18:02:21Z")
50 frikkin’ miles… I bet if you painted it you could see it from space. Dude, that’s just an awesome story. When I arrived in Leadville for an Outward Bound course the first thing they had us do was run several miles. The half that finished first went on one trip and those finishing later went on another. I remember the altitude being a real bear. Seriously… way to go. I am appropriately impressed. ---
**Author:** ![EnginNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ea924/32.png) [@EnginNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnginNerd)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ran-50-miles-yesterday/504498/30 "2009-07-31T04:44:01Z")
> [@Baby\_Driver](#): > > Doesn’t it get lonely? Some people would say so, but it’s nice to have some time to be introspective in such an inspirational setting. There are other people running the course, but after the first few miles, you don’t see too many of them, but it’s typical to have a brief conversation with someone as you pass them (or they pass you, as the case may be). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ran-50-miles-yesterday/504498.md?page=1)