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You sound like you're saying that if these athletes had prepared more than they would have been able to finish the event. There is literally no amount of traini
by kj01a 10y ago
You sound like you're saying that if these athletes had prepared more than they would have been able to finish the event. There is literally no amount of training that will guarantee finishing. If you think there is, then I'm willing to be you've never done an endurance event longer than a 5k run...
- revelation 10y agoI don't get it, what do you suggest to increase your chances of finishing, ice cream? I've this year done the equivalent of ten everest in elevation and 5000mi+ in distance. So I'm not sure what the deal is with the personal attacks.
- kj01a 10y ago>increase your chances of finishing Now you're saying something different. Which is it, are these races "all about" preparation, or is preparation only a way to increase your chances? I'm saying there is an upper limit to what you can prepare for. Assuming your 5000+ claim is true, even if a portion of that was part of a marathon or two, you still wouldn't have a metric to understand a race like this. It's in a different class. If you've won a few county fair hot dog eating contests by eating 40 hot dogs, you wouldn't be giving tips to a participant of a contest to eat 400. It's beyond the limits of normal human capacity. So maybe training can increase your chances, but it is not the deciding factor. A fat dude trying this race would have 0 chance of finishing, but the fittest dude on earth would still have a chance closer to 0 than to 1.