Have you ever won a marathon?
No, were not talking about one of the 26.2 mile sort.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lets start with this question: How are you feeling?
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CARIN SHREVE:You know, I actually slept the entire time until just now.
JEREMIAH FRANCO:Im feeling good.
Just waiting for the check now.
Are you both hardcoreSimpsonsfans?
Whats the craziestSimpsons-related thing youd done prior to this?
CS: I would definitely say Im a hardcore Simpsons fan.
JF: Im definitely a bigSimpsonsfan.
Im pretty much the exact age ofThe Simpsons the actual show premiered three months after I was born.
Ive been watching it my entire life.
In terms of crazy stuff, this is the first competition Ive done.
What was your first indication that this wasnt going to be easy?
JF: The second night, about 45 hours inthats when it really kicked in.
Thats when I started to use the 5-Hour Energy drinks.
Thats when it hit me that this was going to be harder than I thought.
It was my body trying to put me into an unconscious state and me fighting that.
CS: I kept on waiting to hit that wall and I never hit it.
And it was really kind of tripping me out.
You havent moved for two and a half days!
I think Im starting to feel tired!
So Id get up and start running in place.
When did you start to notice the smell?
I heard there was an aroma
CS: Oh, dear god yes.
JF: Uh, to be perfectly honest, no, I was not aware of that at all.
Maybe it was me.
CS: Unfortunately I think I was around the area that it was in.
I would say it was about hour 14.
What was your eating and drinking strategy?
JF: There were burgers two days.
There were these chicken sandwiches that were pretty good actually, and then McDonalds for breakfast every morning.
I tried to stick to water mostly.
But I would drink some pop just for caffeine and eventually switched to the 5-Hour Energies.
CS: My plan was I wasnt going to eat any meat because I know meat slows you down.
As far as drinking, I went with water, Coke and Mountain Dew.
What kind of breaks were you given?
I went with the 10-minute break every two hours.
JF: I did the same thing.
Would you call this experience enjoyable?
CS: Honestly, I really had a great time.
It was kind of like being a kid again.
But I think toward the end I really just wanted to get out of there.
CS: This one guy did get really delirious next to me, though.
He went into another world.
(laughs) He started asking stuff like, Whats up with the car that were in?
And youd be like, Uh, dude?
Were not in a car.
Were sitting in a couch.
How worried were you about nodding off?
JF: If they caught you asleep, you were out.
CS: That really never happened to me, thats why I was really surprised.
Did you have any revelations from this experience?
Did you learn anything different from consuming the show in this environment?
JF: Id actually done this a year before.
Id gone through the entirety of the series in sequential order.
Not in one sitting obviously.
Theres a Bart Simpson doll that was made during one of the episodes and you see it later on.
I cant remember the exact episode honestly its kind of all blurred together.
CS: My family watchesThe Simpsonsevery night.
We go to sleep toThe Simpsons.
So Ive pretty much memorized the entire 14 seasons (on DVD).
Thats where I put myself.
And it was kind of fun.
Because Id start laughing and be like Oh my gosh, thats so funny!
Look at what Homer just said!
And thats how I got myself through it.
Were you guys disappointed?
How much longer could you have gone?
JF: I was expecting to go a little longer.
And honestly by that point, I had eaten breakfast and I was feeling a little bit better.
I probably could have gone for a couple more hours or so.
I at least wanted to get it to an even 87 [hours], but whatever.
CS: When they stopped it, I was kind of shocked.
I thought there was a problem at first.
I wanted to keep on going, I really wanted to see how far I could go.
Especially because daylight was about to hit.
Once the daylight hit, it was really easy to stay up.
Honestly, I think I probably could have hit 100.
It was day whatever and stuff needs to be done.
When the marathon ended, what hurt the most?
JF: My eyes were killing me.
The whole time I was using Visine just to hydrate them but my eyes were a wreck after that.
My eyes were insane.
My man was like, Carin, your left eye doesnt look right!
Yeah, it wasnt too good.
Were your friends and family impressed by your achievement or did they just think you were insane?
CS: Oh my goodness, Ive been getting so many phone calls and emails and texts.
When do you see yourself next watching aSimpsonsepisode?
But I have no plans of going back and watching season 1 again anytime soon.
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