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About all commenters making fun of you. You meant 7 months (33 weeks). Ultramarathon each day is beyond capabilities of any living (or dead) man on this planet.

by daliusd 13y ago

zimpenfish 13y ago
Well, this just blatantly isn't true since "[Dean Karnazes] ran 3,000 miles (4,800 km) across the United States from Disneyland to New York City in 75 days, running 40 to 50 miles (65 to 80 km) per day, 2011"
- daliusd 13y ago
  But it is not 90 miles / day. Still very impressive :)
  - zimpenfish 13y ago
    True but "ultramarathon" is "anything longer than a marathon" and 40-50mi/day easily disproves the "humans can't ultramarathon every day" statement. I'd agree that it's very unlikely anyone could keep up 90mi/day for very long. If Karnazes can't ...
    - goatforce5 13y ago
      Here's a guy who ran one 875 ultramarathon in 5 days at the age of 61 - without sleep or otherwise resting: http://www.badassoftheweek.com/young.html http://www.badassoftheweek.com/young.html Cliffy Young is awesome. He's a national hero in Australia.
      - zimpenfish 13y ago
        Yeah, he's amazing. Makes you wonder how many other heroic athletes are just bumbling about in normal life without people noticing them.
zxcdw 13y ago
I wouldn't be so sure. There's this woman[1] who ran 366 marathons in a year -- that is one per day and two durnig the last day of the year since she started. (And despite the interview was done after she had ran 100 marathons, she finished her project last July with 366 marathons as intended.) Yes, it's not ultramarathons, but I guess she still stretches the boundaries what some of us would consider humans being capable of. That's almost 15450 kilometers in a year(~9550 miles). 1: http://blog.endomondo.com/2012/11/07/annette-fredskov-366-marathons-in-365-days/ http://blog.endomondo.com/2012/11/07/annette-fredskov-366-ma...
- daliusd 13y ago
  Well, I think marathon each day is possible. I believe that's not far from what average persistence hunter runs a day (I have not checked my facts however). Running 3-4 times that is impossible IMHO. I have found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Transcendence_3100_Mile_Race http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Transcendence_3100_Mile_Ra... It is 60 miles / day. Maybe it is upper limit?

About all commenters making fun of you. You meant 7 months (33 weeks). Ultramarathon each day is beyond capabilities of any living (or dead) man on this planet.

by daliusd 13y ago

About all commenters making fun of you. You meant 7 months (33 weeks). Ultramarathon each day is beyond capabilities of any living (or dead) man on this planet.

zimpenfish 13y ago

Well, this just blatantly isn't true since "[Dean Karnazes] ran 3,000 miles (4,800 km) across the United States from Disneyland to New York City in 75 days, running 40 to 50 miles (65 to 80 km) per day, 2011"

daliusd 13y ago
But it is not 90 miles / day. Still very impressive :)
- zimpenfish 13y ago
  True but "ultramarathon" is "anything longer than a marathon" and 40-50mi/day easily disproves the "humans can't ultramarathon every day" statement. I'd agree that it's very unlikely anyone could keep up 90mi/day for very long. If Karnazes can't ...
  - goatforce5 13y ago
    Here's a guy who ran one 875 ultramarathon in 5 days at the age of 61 - without sleep or otherwise resting: http://www.badassoftheweek.com/young.html http://www.badassoftheweek.com/young.html Cliffy Young is awesome. He's a national hero in Australia.
    - zimpenfish 13y ago
      Yeah, he's amazing. Makes you wonder how many other heroic athletes are just bumbling about in normal life without people noticing them.

zxcdw 13y ago

I wouldn't be so sure. There's this woman[1] who ran 366 marathons in a year -- that is one per day and two durnig the last day of the year since she started. (And despite the interview was done after she had ran 100 marathons, she finished her project last July with 366 marathons as intended.) Yes, it's not ultramarathons, but I guess she still stretches the boundaries what some of us would consider humans being capable of. That's almost 15450 kilometers in a year(~9550 miles). 1: http://blog.endomondo.com/2012/11/07/annette-fredskov-366-marathons-in-365-days/ http://blog.endomondo.com/2012/11/07/annette-fredskov-366-ma...

daliusd 13y ago
Well, I think marathon each day is possible. I believe that's not far from what average persistence hunter runs a day (I have not checked my facts however). Running 3-4 times that is impossible IMHO. I have found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Transcendence_3100_Mile_Race http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Transcendence_3100_Mile_Ra... It is 60 miles / day. Maybe it is upper limit?