I have raced up 17,000-foot volcanoes, run with the bulls in Pamplona, been humbled by too many marathons and logged more miles than I can count.
If by the end of the marathon, they had logged a million hits on their Web site — and if each stayed awake for the full 24-hour time slot —"Human Giant" would be guaranteed a second season.
While he runs Westchester roads and trails, it's not uncommon for him to jump on his attic treadmill and log more than the marathon distance of 26.2 miles.
Back in the mid-1990s, I had completed three NYC Marathons, and I logged my 50-mile training weeks while billing 2,000+ hours as a NYC attorney and planning my black-tie wedding, which included an entirely unironic performance by me of Vanessa Williams' "Save The Best For Last".
At the firehouse for Engine 95 Ladder 36, Thompson noted that his marathon night was nothing compared to the long hours some New Yorkers log just to make a living, like firefighters who often work for 24 hours straight.
As if they can't get enough, many runners of the New York City Marathon log on to the New York Road Runners Web site the day after the marathon to register for the next year's race.
Prokopcuka won her first marathon in 2005 in Osaka, Japan, logging a personal best of 2 hours 22 minutes 56 seconds.
Training for a relay, they say, is less taxing than logging miles for an upcoming marathon.
She again finished fourth in the 10,000 metres, in the 2001 track world championship; she then charted a course toward the marathon, training in the Pyrenees, where she logged up to 225 km (about 140 miles) per week in training.
