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How often has conventional wisdom claimed that something was impossible...until someone did it? Once the 4 minute mile barrier was broken, what was once imposs
by edw519 17y ago
How often has conventional wisdom claimed that something was impossible...until someone did it?
Once the 4 minute mile barrier was broken, what was once impossible became the new standard. I suspect that the same thing will happen to the 2 hour marathon.
Eddie Izzard has pushed 2 boundaries, physical and the fact that "anybody can do it". Thank you for that.
As a mentor of mine once said after he did something that I had never seen done before, "I did it because I didn't know that I couldn't."
- dtf 17y agoReminds me of another great challenge to conventional wisdom: potato farmer and marathon newbie Cliff Young winning the 1983 Sydney-to-Melbourne ultra marathon in overalls and a pair of gumboots: http://www.elitefeet.com/the-legend-of-cliff-young-the-61-year-old-farmer-that-won-the-worlds-toughest-race http://www.elitefeet.com/the-legend-of-cliff-young-the-61-ye...
- mgrouchy 17y agoMan, I had never heard of this guy before. That is absolutely incredible. Thanks for posting that.
- ErrantX 17y agoReading that it sounds like his main feat was to keep running. If you do the math a 5 day/4 night race with 18hrs running a day by the other competitors gave him a 24 hour time advantage over them. That's real endurance!
- j_b_f 17y agoWhat's more, he's a total geek/lifehacker. So it's not just that anyone can do it, it's actually that WE can do it.
- jodrellblank 17y agoI suspect that the same thing will happen to the 2 hour marathon. Really? http://www.sportsscientists.com/2008/10/15959-sub-2-hour-marathon.html http://www.sportsscientists.com/2008/10/15959-sub-2-hour-mar...