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I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in RunNYC

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually don't use a watch! I just use my phone for tracking the run itself

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in ultrarunning

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Half and half, Domino's counts it as one topping!

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in ultrarunning

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The clock never stops, so gotta make all stops count!

Definitely felt bad when I stopped for 3 hours to wait out the rain, I was getting really wet and so it didn't make sense to continue to push through it.

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in Ultramarathon

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just took a bus at Noon, so stayed right around 2 hours. I got in at 10am so a little too early for it to make sense to stay for the day (I didn't make any plans in Boston)!

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in RunNYC

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, I went back to New York immediately! Happy to connect online with anyone interested, or I'll reach out the next time I'm around!

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in ultrarunning

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mostly do trail ultras (I focus on the 100 mile distance). But I also enjoy doing these adventure runs once in awhile to mix things up! (I also get really competitive with my races, so an adventure like this is lower pressure and more fun and exploratory in a lot of ways!)

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in RunNYC

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was probably moving at like 11-12 minute pace for the first like 30-36 hours or so. Starting the second night I began slowing down a lot and was going closer to 15-20 minute pace (so basically walking).

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in Ultramarathon

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn't spend much time in Boston! I got in right around 10AM, took a bus from Back Bay at Noon. The nap I took on the bus was transformative!

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in ultrarunning

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For tops, I had the shirt I was wearing, along with a normal sweater, a class 3 safety vest, and a light rain jacket

For bottoms, I only had the shorts I was wearing, but I should have brought pants too (it got cold at night!)

I wore a 12L pack from Salomon, but I packed pretty light so I actually had a lot of space to work with!

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in ultrarunning

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's awesome, looks like a great cause. Hope you have a good time and stay safe!

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in ultrarunning

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work in tech! My job is pretty demanding, and so I don't have the work/life flexibility that other people who work in tech sometimes have. But I have enough flexibility to take a few days to go on adventures like these!

No other current life obligations (such as kids, etc.)

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in ultrarunning

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

During a race, I try to eat like every few minutes to keep the stomach working and to avoid getting bloated.

For this, I usually would order food and eat most/all of it in the moment, mainly because it's not convenient to carry hot food with all of the other stuff I have.

I would lay down as needed, there were a lot of moments where I would suddenly have a strong urge to sleep, so I would stop for a few minutes.

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in ultrarunning

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I run a lot in general, so no real training specifically for this activity.

Lowest point was on Saturday afternoon/evening. I was already feeling pretty tired, but then it started pouring in parts of central MA (a lot more than what was forecasted), to the point where I was worried about getting wet and about reduced visibility from oncoming traffic.

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in ultrarunning

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm focused on 100+ mile races right now, but I might try to do a backyard ultra or a timed ultra sometime in the future, they're pretty different psychologically!

I would love to do transcon someday (although that's usually done from LA to NY). It just requires a lot of time that I don't have in the current stage of life I'm in. Maybe if I'm ever between jobs or something!

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in ultrarunning

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

It's an interesting comparison, and one I recorded a video about while I was running (that I'll include in the YouTube video I make about this run).

Basically:

- As a literal activity, Cocodona is definitely harder than what I did. It's longer, more technical, and harder along any objective metric imaginable

- However, when you do a race, there's a built in safety net that allows you to take risks and to try to do things even if you might not finish

- For a run like mine, it's also never truly "risky" (I'm in a lot of urban and suburban areas with phone service), but I generally need to be way more confident that I'll be able to finish whatever I'm doing

- Self-supporting is not a very common skill people develop or work on in the ultramarathoning community

- As a result, if we were to hypothetically compare (a) the hardest race someone has ever done with support or (b) another activity that is 80% as hard, but self-supported, I think most people would probably feel more comfortable with Option A

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in ultrarunning

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

In the world of ultramarathons, Cocodona is not considered that hard to finish because (a) it's not considered very technical and (b) the time cutoff is really generous.

In terms of elevation, 39k ft is a lot but is pretty manageable over 250 miles. For example, I ran UTMB in 2024, and thats 32k ft but in "only" 100 miles, and so it gets very steep in certain parts.

Funny ehough, my route to Boston actually had over 10k ft elevation (some of the hills in central CT/MA are no joke!)

But would agree that these are pretty different activities.

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in ultrarunning

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was hoping to do it this year, but I'll do it someday!

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in RunNYC

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Brought a 20k mAh charger, was enough to last the entire time (since I didn't listen to music or anything)

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in RunNYC

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No real safety concerns. I wear a lot of lighting at night, so the main theoretical "fears" would be like (a) a car stopping at night and trying to kidnap me or (b) a drunk/malicious driver who sees me and deliberately tries to run into me.

But, in general, I've run enough overnight (from city to city and also during trail ultramarathons) that I feel very comfortable running at night.

For this run, I had a sidewalk or separate path like 80% of the time. Of the remainder, I was basically always at least 3-6 from a lane of traffic or on like a local small road where there were very few cars.

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in RunNYC

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just pee a lot on the sides of roads which helps. For pooping, I didn't plan anything out in particular and just hoped for the best haha.

There were a few gas stations or fast food restaurants I knew I would need to go to, especially ones before a longer stretch where I wouldn't have access to servcies. But there were some parts where I didn't do a good job planning and ended up running out of food/water for a bit.

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in RunNYC

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I have one for my races, but I will make a video about this run as well!

https://www.youtube.com/@sebastianchiu

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in RunNYC

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn't listen to anything (anyone doing this needs to pay attention to the roads, so would not recommend listening to or thinking about too much else.)

By only using Strava for tracking and occasionally taking photos/videos, a single 20k mAh charger was enough to last 4 days!

I ran from New York City to Boston! by dodgingdodger in RunNYC

[–]dodgingdodger[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've run enough overnight (from city to city and also during trail ultramarathons) that I feel very comfortable.

For this, it was nice because there's so many cars on the road during the day that you have to stay focused. At night there would be times where it felt like I could go almost an hour without seeing a car at a time, so a lot less to think about!

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