My friend, Pete Stringer, the 65 year old ultra-marathoner from Osterville, is competeing in the New England Ultra 200 Mile Endurance Run in Pittsfield, Vermont this weekend. Yes, that's right, I said 200 miles.
The website says "Pittsfield races are not designed to be easy.They are designed to challange you, make you cry, make you dirty, and in some cases, make you bleed a little".
The race started at 5 PM today (Thursday), and the course closes at 5 PM on Sunday. So all you have to do is average 50 miles per day and you're all set; nothing to it. If you think that's amazing, get this. To warm up for the ultra-race, he ran the very difficult Cape Cod Marathon last Sunday in 3 hours, 56 minutes.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention, in addition to the 200 mile run, they also have a 100 mile "Fun Run". Yes, ultra-marathoners are a different breed. The contact person for the race is a guy named "Sherpa John". Scary!
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