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The Man vs Horse marathon is interesting but in a real race we have no actual chance of winning. There are horse endurance races where the winner arrived in 7,
by blaze33 4mo ago
The Man vs Horse marathon is interesting but in a real race we have no actual chance of winning.
There are horse endurance races where the winner arrived in 7,5 hours after 160km[1]. That's a sub 2-hours marathon almost 4 times in a row (not to mention with a guy on your back).
[1] https://eatnstays.com/uaes-almazrouei-wins-almutadil-cup-at-alfursan-endurance-alula-2026/ https://eatnstays.com/uaes-almazrouei-wins-almutadil-cup-at-...
- stephencanon 4mo ago“in a real race we have no actual chance of winning” is an absolutely wild thing to say in response to a link to a real race in which the human has won the last few years in a row.
- projektfu 4mo agoI think it implies that the best competitors are not participating.
- goodmythical 4mo agoNeither are the best humans in that particular race.
- projektfu 4mo agoFair, but if you had a cycle vs foot race where one wasn't consistently on top, you'd probably say it wasn't a real competition.
- fontain 4mo agoThe race is pretty much designed to be a difficult for horses as possible to give humans a chance. Except for the parts that are extremely difficult for horses, horses steamroll the human competitors. https://youtu.be/FY9Ee6-CIFM?t=342 https://youtu.be/FY9Ee6-CIFM?t=342
- November_Echo 4mo agoThat time doesn't include most of the 40-50 minutes the horse must rest between laps. The total time from start to finish was just over 11 hours. https://www.enduranceonline.it/live/cat/V.php?gara_id=1911&v_categoria=V6_1 https://www.enduranceonline.it/live/cat/V.php?gara_id=1911&v...