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Sleepless in Tucson
My apologies in advance if this has been posted before, but I just read about this in a running magazine. My idea of going nuts on exercise is doing 2 mile run and then lifting or biking shortly thereafter. What would possess someone to be awake for three and half days straight, let alone run, let alone run 300 miles!! I am sorry this activity borders (if not is) on addiction perhaps to the endorphins. Of course, this is the same group of people that run an ultra-marathon (135 miles) in the middle of Death Valley in 115 degree temps.
At 6:00 a.m. on March 25, a few miles north of Tucson, Arizona, the full moon slipped behind Picacho Peak. At the same time, the sun shimmered up over the Santa Catalina Mountains. Doves and quail rustled in the chaparral. Mexican poppies, fairy dusters, and desert marigolds began to open for the day. Pam Reed stood at a line drawn on the frontage road that parallels Interstate 10 and waited for the countdown to “Go.” Her task, like the desert road, lay long and straight before her. She aimed to run a 25-mile loop course 12 times without stopping to sleep. If all the world’s a stage, this was to be a 300-mile, one-woman show under the sun, moon, and stars. Her parents, Roy and Karen Saari; event organizer, Chuck Giles; and training partner, Susy Bacal, were all on hand for the start.
My apologies in advance if this has been posted before, but I just read about this in a running magazine. My idea of going nuts on exercise is doing 2 mile run and then lifting or biking shortly thereafter. What would possess someone to be awake for three and half days straight, let alone run, let alone run 300 miles!! I am sorry this activity borders (if not is) on addiction perhaps to the endorphins. Of course, this is the same group of people that run an ultra-marathon (135 miles) in the middle of Death Valley in 115 degree temps.
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