The Challenge

I'm running 48 miles in 48 hours on Saturday, October 18 and Sunday, October 19. I'll start on Saturday morning and finish on Sunday evening running from Concord, NH to Tyngsboro, MA all on non-highways.

I'm running 3 8-mile segments two days in a row. I'll stop at the end of one segment and then start the next segment from the previous segment's end. I won't be running continuously over 48 hours but will in fact do the distance over a period of 2 days.

48 miles in 48 hours is my post-marathon challenge. It requires me to run several times each day at whatever increments are necessary to get me to 48 miles before the end of Sunday night. At this point, it's the closest I've gotten to any kind of ultramarathon.

I plan to get donations for the American Cancer Society and I'll ask local friends to either run with me or help me along the way with food, water, change of clothes, etc.

I blogged about the concept over at my other site, PhillyToLAonFoot.