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Eli Brandt
Madison, WI · Software support
The one with the spreadsheet. Every yard planned to the minute.
The story
Eli keeps a spreadsheet of every yard he has ever run, which is 71 of them across three backyards, and says the numbers are the only reason he is still here. He went 30 yards · 30 hours · 125 mi last year and has spent twelve months shaving a minute off his walking pace. His crew knows his target for every yard before he does.
The pre race interview
- How far do you think you can go?
- 38 yards · 38 hours · 158.3 mi.
- What is the farthest you are willing to go?
- 40 yards · 40 hours · 166.7 mi.
- What gets you through the night yards?
- The spreadsheet. If the number says sleep four minutes, I sleep four minutes.
- What is in your kit?
- Everything, labelled by yard. Pretzels, gels, soup cups, tape, a second watch and a second headlamp.
- What are you wearing for the race?
- The shoes the spreadsheet picked, a vest, calf sleeves and a cap.
- Who is crewing you?
- My partner Sam, who runs the spreadsheet so I do not have to.
Yard by yard
Taller is closer to the bell- Yards
- 37 37 hours · 154.2 mi
- Fastest
- 43:50 yard 3
- Slowest
- 55:20 yard 35
- Average
- 49:41
- Last 3 yards
- → steady