Episode #119 Johnny Breen GVRAT 10 in 10 Progress in the Sport of Ultrarunning

This week we revisit Johnny Breen from episode number 26, back then he had a 3:50 marathon pb, he DNF’d the 107 miles Belfast to Dublin Ultra, it’s been quite inspiring to watch Johnny's progress over the last 18 months.

He ran a sub 3hr during lock down and he went on to run 10 sub 4 hour marathons in 10 consecutive days as part of the great virtual run across Tennessee (GVRAT) completing 636 miles in 26 days, he also got back up and completed the Dublin to Belfast 107 mile ultra in 2019 and has already signed up for the 214 mile out and back event.

We unpack the backyard a little and talk about the new dimension that the virtual race has brought to the running community during lock down.

His numbers from the Lazarus Lakes GVRAT

636.7 miles run (about 100 walked) in 26 days
57th place out of 19473 worldwide participants
3rd place in UK (1100 participants)
4th place in Ireland (much more hardcore than UK)
976,171 steps taken
24.5 miles per day average
105 hours running / walking
1 sub 3 hour marathon
10 sub 4 hour marathons on consecutive days
55324 calories burned (apparently)

Click and register for The Finn McCool Virtual challenge on the link below, event starts on the 10th July it would be awesome to have you join us for a virtual tour of the 32 counties of Ireland. 

https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=7268

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