They raise them tough in Saskatchewan.
If anyone saw the movie “Running on the Sun” about the badwater 135, I think there was a woman in Britain who trained this way…
Schermy, while running a 3:10 marathon every weekend will make a 3:08 marathon at Wisconsin easy, how bout trying something different for Kona next year? All those marathon runs really take away from your ability to do real good quality on the bike…so what if ya went for a 3:10 marathon every third weekend and ran a 2:10 hour 30K the other weekends (dragging tire of course…) and really ramped the intensity-volume on the bike. With your engine and levers, a sub 5 bike in Kona is easily in reach. Then you are looking at getting in the low 9 hour range if you can take 15 min off your swim this winter!
Dev
Mike: This sounds like a great idea. Where can I get a harness and bungee cord (do you have any pictures of this setup)? Also, do you get many wierd looks from people…
Gordo did this a couple of years ago. Details here:
That is the plan man…it’s all about the bike this winter for me!!
Barry,
You can get an old climbing harness from many climbing gyms if you phone em up (or new from MEC for more $$)…I just used one of my old ones. I guess you could use a rope too. From there I just used a bungee cord and rope, and then tied it to the tire through a hole I drilled in…pretty simple really…
How is the 90km a week going?? That’s crazy stuff man…
I think you need to swim-bike-run all winter with that stupid tire…then go 8:55 in Kona next year!!!
Haha…that is a nice dream…right now I am just trying not to spend too much time at work…work is seriously is getting in the way of my life 
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I load mine with gravel…
Must be a fun run downhill?
I guess your right. I forgot for a second how heavy a car tire is. :o0
Thanks Mike: I’m on track for another 90 k week. Swimming will be around 10 K and cycling 150 K.
Here is how I do it: Take an old mt bike tube - slip your arms through it - cinch the tube in the back about belt high with a caribiner. Then I loop the rope through the caribiner and tire. No bounce this way and it’s pretty inexpensive.
That seems pretty easy, thanks for the idea, I’ll pickup an old car tire this weekend and try it out next week.
Guys, aside from the specificity that Schermy would have gained for pulling a sled across the actic, I was trying to understand how this would help you anymore than say:
- Running Hills
- Running on a sandy beach or deep snow
- Running intervals
- Running with a rucksack military style
I think none of the above would consistently help your push off as much as pulling the tire continuously. Perhaps the closest this would be running for an hour uphill on a treadmill at say 5% grade.
Anyway, to those who have done this, how much additional stress does it put on the achilles and plantar fascia?
I hope it was a “all-season” radial, well balanced on a rim!! Some people have the weird idea of training, must have watched too much of Rocky.
The amount of force that the tire generates really varies. If you stick to the shoulder where there is alot of gravel, it generates very little friction, but if you move to the center of a lane where the cars have cleaned the sand away it really pulls you back.
I don’t find much more stress, but I generally don’t get injured, so I might not notice regardless…
Dev, run by my house one day (I think we only live a few minutes apart?) and pick up my tire and harness and give it a shot!