Sandra Barwick did some fast long runs

wikipedia :

• Track: 6 day 883.631 km, Campbelltown, Australia, December 1990
• Road: 1000 km 7 days 16 hour 11 minutes
• 2000 km 17 days 3 hours 1 minute
• 1000 miles 12 days 14 hours 38 minutes 40 sec
• 1300 miles 17 days 22 hours 46 minutes 07 sec

She found that after 2 weeks of running it was even difficult to sleep for 4 hours in a row


In her book "Unstoppable" (now out-of-print) New Zealander Sandra Barwick, who set world records for 700, 1000, 1,300 miles and six days here in New York, recalls very vividly the days after her record runs. She writes:

"For a week after the 1,300-miler I could hardly sleep, and when I did I suffered wild dreams and nightmares -- that I was still running, that I had not finished the race. My feet kept running in bed. I would reach the morning completely exhausted. The nightmares were awful after every run but these were particularly bad.1 When I did manage to sleep I was racked by weird and frightening dreams.2 I was so afraid of becoming tired to the point of getting sick that I took a sleeping pill one night and actually slept for four hours solid. It was wonderful."3

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1 Unstoppable, The Sandy Barwick Story by Sandy Barwick with Garth Gilmour, (C)1993 Sandy Barwick and Garth Gilmour, first published by Harper Collins Publishers (New Zealand) Limited, at page 6.
2 supra, at p. 120
3 supra, at p. 6


Ultra runners that did 21 hour races without sleep say they can still feel thier legs running, stepping, dodging, adjusting for days after

I remember going to theme parks for the day - and when relaxing afterwards - it felt like I was still in the rollercoaster feeling my body shaking and preparing turns in the rollercoasters - 50 days x 16 hours of motion must be brutal - not just about taking your squeezies and vitamins on time