baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Is this guy crazy or what? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/11344575/Meet-the-man-who-plans-to-run-seven-marathons-in-seven-days-on-seven-continents.html I wonder if he will survive?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zekekelso 794 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Link not working. But just going by the headline: Seven marathons in seven days isn't a big deal for endurance runners. Heck, Kean Karnazes ran 50 in 50 days. So it's just a matter of having enough money to fly you around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StefanMUC 686 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Link not working indeed. Would the 7th continent be Antarctica? Where to run a marathon there anyway? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hansfromdenmark 7 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 In Denmark we last year had a woman who run 365 marathon in one year. I still don´t understand how. But of course the speed was slow and not official run, but she ran alone. It was in every Danish media last year. And yes, it sounds unlikely, and i must admit that I have doubt she tells the truth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted January 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) Here's the website for the event: http://www.worldmarathonchallenge.com/ 1. starts in Antartica 2. then Punta Arenas, Chile 3. fly to Miami 4. on to Madrid; then to 5. Marrakech 6. Dubai; and end in 7. Sydney, Oz. That's crazy!! In Denmark we last year had a woman who run 365 marathon in one year. I still don´t understand how. But of course the speed was slow and not official run, but she ran alone. It was in every Danish media last year. And yes, it sounds unlikely, and i must admit that I have doubt she tells the truth. Yeah, but there are issues of jet lag + your body needs to recover. We weren't built to be tricking our circadian rhythms regularly. Wasn't aware there were these ultra-marathoners. Edited January 16, 2015 by baron-pierreIV Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quaker2001 1246 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Link working, you just have to copy and paste it correctly.. Meet the man who plans to run seven marathons in seven days on seven continentsThis will be an impressive feat indeed. I think he can pull it off only because he's not necessarily doing it for speed. The tough part almost seems like it will be the travel, as baron noted. Because to recover from one run to the next, you're doing much of that on an airplane. Not exactly the most conducive environment towards gaining your strength back Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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runningrings 678 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 I'm a doubter. How can you possibly have the sufficient rest you need prior to that on a plane? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 I'm a doubter. How can you possibly have the sufficient rest you need prior to that on a plane? I know. Not to mention going thru Airport security; customs/immig; claiming your bag, etc., etc. We'll see if he actually does it and survives. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob. 2038 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) Sir Ranulph Fiennes did something similar ten years ago http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3234479.stm And it still staggers me that Eddie Izzard - of all people - did 43 in 52 days http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/sep/15/eddie-izzard-charity-run Edited January 18, 2015 by Rob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted January 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) /\/\ Wow. Fiennes' run is well documented and did his east to west...which makes more sense since it gives you extra hours. (I don't know how this new guy is going to do it, west to east...) Izzard's record seems spotty since it's not mentioned where he actually ran those 43 marathons. (And if you're running alone with your team, no one is actually monitoring you...so one's 'marathons' could be only 7 or 8 miles, and no one would be the wiser. Just saying... Edited January 18, 2015 by baron-pierreIV Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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