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365 Marathons in a year

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  • #2
    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    Eat your heart out Dean Karnazes! :pac:


  • #3
    G-Money
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,199 ✭✭✭G-Money


    These types of feats make me wonder if it's possible to get to the point where running a marathon isn't that difficult and isn't that huge of a strain?

    The guy who set the record said he just thought about of it as his job and he completed each of them in around 4 hours.


  • #4
    Mac Cormaic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭Mac Cormaic


    G-Money wrote: »
    These types of feats make me wonder if it's possible to get to the point where running a marathon isn't that difficult and isn't that huge of a strain?

    The guy who set the record said he just thought about of it as his job and he completed each of them in around 4 hours.

    I think the body naturally adapts itself to running long distances. If you take how hard people used to work before building roads, or even in chain gangs breaking rocks for 12 - 16 hours a day, it shows the muscles in the body can almost endure anything.

    I think the real challenge is not running the 365, but the mental challenge of wanting to turn up for work 365 days in the year :) haha

    Still that is some amazing fete. At the same time, there seems to be a few people on this forum running about 100+ a week, so technically they are not that far behind. In terms of mileage that's about four marathons a week, which would be over 200 in the year.


  • #5
    TheRoadRunner
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    ah I loved this quote

    "I don't regard my marathon year as torture. It is more like a regular job," the 49-year-old said.

    I wonder if this job paid hard cash or just massaged his ego!


  • #6
    mo_bhicycle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 260 ✭✭mo_bhicycle


    How does this work in terms of route, distance, accountability, proof etc?
    Is there a few set marathon routes the he runs all the time?

    I'd imagine Tony Mangan can't be too far off running a marathon ever day.


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  • #7
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    mo_bhicycle wrote: »
    I'd imagine Tony Mangan can't be too far off running a marathon ever day.

    Afaik he is doing 1000 marathons in 1000 days? Wasn't his first one Dublin in october?


  • #8
    mo_bhicycle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 260 ✭✭mo_bhicycle


    menoscemo wrote: »
    Afaik he is doing 1000 marathons in 1000 days? Wasn't his first one Dublin in october?
    I'd have thought flights and stuff would add a few enforced breaks in there.


  • #9
    TFBubendorfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭TFBubendorfer


    mo_bhicycle wrote: »
    I'd imagine Tony Mangan can't be too far off running a marathon ever day.

    I think he's running over a marathon on most of his running days, but he did have a few enforced breaks (flights, weather, accommodation issues).

    But don't forget, he's also pushing a big pram all the while.

    As for the question if the body does get so used to it that running a marathon is no longer a huge strain, the answer is an emphatic yes.

    It's getting to that state that's the problem.


  • #10
    RandyMann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 920 ✭✭✭RandyMann


    G-Money wrote: »
    These types of feats make me wonder if it's possible to get to the point where running a marathon isn't that difficult and isn't that huge of a strain?

    The guy who set the record said he just thought about of it as his job and he completed each of them in around 4 hours.
    It kind of brings back the argument of its not the distance covered but how quick it was done.
    Humans can cover great distance with little training but speed/power that comes with natural ability and training is what separates the few from the masses.


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