Keagan’s World

I told you it was gonna happen. It’s my “Ah, screw it” year. Now when I said that I didn’t mean screw myself over, but sitting here less than 24 hours after finishing, I can confidently say my legs do not like this program.

I’ve been getting a lot of questions over the last couple days about this so I figured I’d compile them together for some fun FAQs* along with some content from the journey.

If you want to watch the journey unfold first skip to FAQ #14

_{*Disclaimer: some FAQs may be falsified}

1. Uh Keagan, what are you talking about?
2. So you just ran 24 miles in 24 hours?
3. Why’d you add .1 miles to each hour?
4. So you slept some?
5. But like… why?
6. Do you like running or something?
7. Are you like training for something then?
8. Did you train for this then?
9. So how do you feel right now?
10. What was the worst part?
11. Yikes… so what PED’s got you through?
12. What were your final Apple Watch stats?
13. Why, again?
14. Where’s that content you were talking about?

Uh Keagan, what are you talking about?

So two days ago, my buddy, Tim Petroelje (pictured below – sorry broski it was on your LinkedIn), and I started a modified version of the 24/24 challenge. As in, 24 miles in 24 hours. Running.

So you just ran 24 miles in 24 hours?

At its simplest level… yes. But here’s the rules we prescribed to:

1. 1.1 miles had to be run at every single hour over a 24 hour period – you could not count any distance over 1.1 miles from a single hour (ex: you had to run 1.1 miles anytime between 12:00-12:59, 1:00-1:59,…)
2. The distance was counted only as purposeful running not just random meandering during an hour

Our strategy:

• Start at 8pm Tuesday night
• Run 1.1 miles at the tail-end of every even hour and 1.1 miles at the front-end of every odd hour so we would get 1 hour and 30 minutes rest between (this would prove to likely be a mistake)
• Get ~1 hour power naps in every hour after 12am before the sun came up (actually did pretty good on this one)
• Stretch between each run (50% of the time it happened every time)

Why’d you add .1 miles to each hour?

To say I’ve run a marathon of course #egoboost #iknowthatcontradictsmylastpost

So you slept some?

Yeah like 4 non-consecutive hours.

But like… why?

Ya know I’ve been asking myself the same thing.

Jokes aside, I’ve been thinking about doing some cool physical feat during my gap year and this seemed relatively (key word) low risk and low commitment. Bunch of my buddies and I were talking about random stuff last week while hanging in a hot tub and it just came up.

Okay… maybe I brought it up on my own. BUT Tim said he’d be down. Everyone else with brain cells in the hot tub said “absolutely not.” But it’s the “Ah, screw it” year.

So we said “Ah, screw it”

Do you like running or something?

No, I actually hate running.

Are you like training for something then?

Nope.

Did you train for this then?

Nope.

I actually was thinking about it and I’m pretty sure the only other running I’ve done in 2023 was my 5k Turkey Trot I dragged a different friend into at Thanksgiving (see below). You’d think they’d learn my ideas are stupid by now.

Honestly, you’d think I’d learn my ideas are stupid by now.

So how do you feel right now?

All things considered, I feel a lot better than I expected.

My legs hurt (duh), but I can walk around fine (yes I’m aware that’s a concerning bar to reach for). Won’t be doing any running any time soon, that’s for sure. Mariam, that Eras Running Challenge is gonna have to stay on the back burner for now lol.

Here’s a quick chart on the state of my legs to make this easier:

What was the worst part?

I’m going to answer this in two ways: the part of the challenge that made it most difficult and the worst lap

The worst part of the challenge is you run 0% of it with adrenaline. You don’t have Runner’s High or any sort of flow state that carries you through it. Every single mile you are starting cold. And with that you feel

Every.

Single.

Step.

This challenge would have been impossible with ibuprofen.

The worst run was easily lap 21 and 22. The entire run was pure pain. Hip flexor was shot, feet were shot, brain was shot. Didn’t help we had just got done sitting in a cozy local coffee shop playing euchre with Josh, Ben, and Carolyn. Going from cozy relaxation to near-freezing temps and pounding our feet on asphalt was abuse I’m sure gets used in some off-book high-security CIA prison at times.

Yikes… so what PED’s got you through?

• ungodly amounts of PB&J
• ibuprofen
• EDM music
• the cheapest cold cut turkey money can buy
• Alpha Fuel caffeine pouch from Dalton
• a glazed donut
• smelling salts
• David Goggins’s aura

What were your final Apple Watch stats?

Here’s a player card to cover this:

I would also like to point out that my best mile of the day was my final mile.

Why, again?

I told ya man, I still haven’t realized my ideas are stupid.

But also now I can say I’ve run a (albeit very slow) marathon!

Where’s that content you were talking about?