Marathon Record

what are you counting as "marathon". George Barnes, his cousin Aaron,
and Kia Martin have all made it across Iowa in a week. ~500 miles.

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A marathon is defined as:
A long distance event based on an ancient Greek event, run over a
distance of just over 26 miles
think its 26.4miles if i remember rightly

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I think Christian Hoverath and Frank Bonsch did the Dusseldorf Marathon
around the 1hr40-45 mark. Do a search- it should come up.

I've not done the marathon distance specifically, but I have done 50km
in 2hrs with a Coker/102mm cranks. I wanted to do our local marathon
but only runners were allowed to enter.

Ken

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GizmoDuck said:

I think Christian Hoverath and Frank Bonsch did the Dusseldorf Marathon
around the 1hr40-45 mark. Do a search- it should come up.

Hi!

That´s true, in 2004 the time for the Duesseldorf Marathon was 1:42:33
and for the Guetersloh City Classics (an inline skate marathon that I
was allowed to do by unicycle) was 1:41:15.

No good results for this year - currently working too hard on my Ph.D
thesis...

Frank

a marathon is 26.2 miles. it's traditionally done running, not cycling,
I haven't heard of very many cycling races that are marathons...more
common are 50K I think, which are about 31 miles, or 100K which are 62
miles.

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A marathon is 26 miles, 285 yards I believe. It's not based on a metric
distance either, but started as 26 miles and later had the 285 yards
added on so the fininsh line would be in front of the royal box at an
Olympics about a hundred years ago. Not sure about the 285 but I think
that's the right number.

They have been racing marathons in Japan for 20 years, but mostly on
24" wheels with various sized cranks. Unfortunately I don't know the
times.

I know Floyd Beattie did a marathon in 1986 or so in 1:58 on his Tom
Miller big wheel (40" or 45"😉.

It sounds like 1:40 is a good mark to shoot for. This event is also
scheduled as part of Unicon 13. It will be the first-ever full marathon
at a Unicon. It's got me thinking about bringing my Coker...

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what gizmoduck just said is why i asked about what he was defining as a
"marathon". I know the history, etc. he'll i've run in a few half
marathons. there's also "ultra-marathon" bike races. stuff like 300
miles, or 150 miles offroad. stuff that takes 24+ hours to finish, if
you make it that far.

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With all the buzz about 'guni's, and this call of a full Marathon
(presumably unlimited wheel size) at Unicon13, will a Schlumpf 29 or 36
be the effective limit on what's worth entering with?

Will the top of the field in the Unlimited road races - 10k, marathon -
be dominated by those who can afford the shinier kit, or will standard
cokers still be in the running?

Sam

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GizmoDuck said:

Is that for real? That's awesome! I was a bit disappointed at Unicon
12 that they had a 10km road race and called it a marathon.

Yes, at UNICON XIII we will be having both a 10km (Standard +
Unlimited) and a real Marathon (42.195km, Unlimited only).
Bringing along at least a 28" uni is a good idea.

Checkout the -Schedule of Events- at http://tinyurl.com/at3jc
This PDF lists all competitions for the 11 days of UNICON XIII.

Further on Florian Schlumpf will sponsor 5 GUnis for the fastest riders
over 10km and the Marathon. See http://tinyurl.com/clfbe

Best wishes,
Franz

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GizmoDuck said:

Is that for real? That's awesome! I was a bit disappointed at Unicon
12 that they had a 10km road race and called it a marathon.

Not sure what the Christian Hoverath time was, but I'm sure it was
faster than Floyd Beattie's. The road race naming has been fixed for
the 2006 IUF Rulebook. 10k is now called 10k, and Marathon is the name
applied to the Olympic-length event. Road races of other distances are
possible, but it's up to hosts to plan them. This might require people
to assist the hosts by offering to run them/set them up. The job of
assembling a big even like Unicon is huge, and finding all the
facilities and locations can be a problem.

Quoted message said:

They need to increase the MUni distances too. An 8min sprint is not
MUNI IMHO.

Agreed. I'd consider it a MUni sprint, but not a true cross country
race. But in the case of Unicon 12, they had to take what they could
get. They had a heck of a time finding a suitable location for the MUni
events, and I think we're lucky they persevered and found that
beautiful resort. Though it was a 3-hour bus ride, it was definitely
one of my favorite days in Japan. MUni is still relatively unknown in
Japan, and very much *not* a part of what they ususally do for
competitions. Hence the small number of Japanese competitors that day.

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Marathon: a running race over 26 miles, 385 yards (42.195 km).

According to popular mythology, after the Athenians won the battle of
Marathon, a runner was despatched to take the good news to the city of
Athens. He ran the whole distance, delivered the good news, then
dropped down dead.

In a later version of the story, the runner stopped for a pee in the
full view of the world's media who filmed it, broadcast it and then
hypocritically criticised the runner for peeing so publicly.

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johnfoss said:

Agreed. I'd consider it a MUni sprint, but not a true cross country
race. But in the case of Unicon 12, they had to take what they could
get. They had a heck of a time finding a suitable location for the MUni
events, and I think we're lucky they persevered and found that
beautiful resort. Though it was a 3-hour bus ride, it was definitely
one of my favorite days in Japan. MUni is still relatively unknown in
Japan, and very much *not* a part of what they ususally do for
competitions. Hence the small number of Japanese competitors that day.

Agreed likewise. I'm glad they organised one, and it was my favourite
day too. However, I would think that a World Champs and Convention
really HAS to have MUni and Trials. It is the fastest growing branch
of unicycling 🙂 . And by that token, they should NOT be catering for
non-MUNI riders so that they can try it for the first time at a World
Champs/Convention. I think that was one of the reasons it was so
short. Anymore than I'd expect the freestyle competition to be made
easier for MUNI riders by being run on dirt.

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