Dot Watchers (UltraRunners) Get in here - LeJog attempt

[Gargamel]

James Williams is attempting to break the 9 day record for LeJog on foot.

http://live.opentracking.co.uk/lejog19/

Progress and tracking here.

He has a 2:30 Marathon PB...

Puff piece in the Telegraph too

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/me...

[Gargamel]

Closing in on Bolton, so is on track at the moment

I can see this is a niche sport ....

[NuckyThompson]

Incredible! Any idea what sort of minute miles he is running?

[FunkyNige]

NuckyThompson said:

Incredible! Any idea what sort of minute miles he is running?

He's uploading it to Strava and seems to be averaging around the 7:30/km (12 minute mile) mark, dropping down to 10/km in the past couple of days. Think that includes stopping.

[NuckyThompson]

Looks like he’s pulled out, wasn’t hitting pacing targets so wasn’t going to set a new record

[Muzzer79]

NuckyThompson said:

Looks like he’s pulled out, wasn’t hitting pacing targets so wasn’t going to set a new record

Is that the reason?

I watched his twitter feed but one post it was going fine and on track, the next post he was stopping.

I thought he'd been injured or something.

Seems a bit odd not to continue, even if you know you're behind the pace. Would surely give you experience for a follow up attempt?

[Gargamel]

The Dot does indeed suggest he is back in Wandsworth, but I see nothing on the feed or facebook about what happened

I think James could do with a couple of lessons in updating social media. Was a very quiet attempt compared to others I have seen