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Yeah, ultra runners like this guy are pretty awesome. There are others doing amazing things too. Scott Jurek broke the 24-hour run record last year by running 1
by lancefisher 16y ago
Yeah, ultra runners like this guy are pretty awesome. There are others doing amazing things too. Scott Jurek broke the 24-hour run record last year by running 165.7 miles in 24-hours. Anton Krupicka averages 200 miles a week in training. These guys race 100 mile races through the mountains. How long does that take? Geoff Roes won the Western States last year in 15:07:04. That's averaging 9:04 miles over rough terrain.
Most people could run a marathon if they trained for it. The human body is made for running.
- jamesbritt 16y agoNot too long ago I read Haruki Murakami’s What I Think About When I Think About Running and Christopher McDougall's Born to Run : The Hidden Tribe, the Ultra-Runners , and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen. Both are quite good, worth reading. Running these durations and distances is just plain amazing. I liked Murakami for the inner thoughts of a runner, and he talks about marathon runs as well. McDougall's book almost seems unreal, and the coverage of appropriate running style and footwear is very interesting.
- alecco 16y agoThe europeans are on a complete different level. The Tour du Mont Blanc is insane, a lot of mountain/ultra runners go there and can't finish it. I've done it in 5 days and was exhausted (had a bad fever one day, heel problems, you name it.) But the elite guys do it under 22hs!
- mipapage 16y agoUTMB is cool, and then right next door there's the Tor de Geants: http://www.tordesgeants.it/ http://www.tordesgeants.it/ The Europeans are kinda nutz.
- jedbrown 16y agoScott set the American record, Yiannis Kouros still holds the world 24 hr records (180 miles on the road, 188 on the track).