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12,000 is on the high end of extreme athlete caloric intake, but not totally outlandish. There are many stories about Iditarod mushers throwing whole sticks of
by ihnorton 12y ago
12,000 is on the high end of extreme athlete caloric intake, but not totally outlandish. There are many stories about Iditarod mushers throwing whole sticks of butter into their food for the fat, and a study of one musher showed average consumption of about 9,000 calories per day through the race [1] (with weight loss indicating a deficit of ~2k/day). A quick google says Tour de France racers consume in the range of 6-9k calories per day.
[1] http://bit.ly/1xtaSKi http://bit.ly/1xtaSKi
- waterlesscloud 12y agoAppalachian Trail through-hikers can consume 5000 calories a day and still lose notable weight on the trail.
- sukilot 12y ago30-50% more than the known extremes, looks outlandish to me.
- arethuza 12y agoRanulph Fiennes and Dr Mike Stroud were burning 11,000 calories a day when they were manhauling up a glacier in the Antarctic: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/sep/17/ranulph-fiennes-antarctica http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/sep/17/ranulph-fiennes-an...