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Dean Karnazes, the man who can run forever

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    #62
    theboyblunder
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    TRR wrote: »
    This bluffer was on newstalk the weekend. Couldn't believe the ****e the presenter let him away with. Pure fantasy!

    http://www.newstalk.ie/player/podcasts/Futureproof/Highlights_from_Future_Proof_with_Jonathan_McCrea/56028/0/the_real_life_forrest_gump

    I heard that too. Was LOL. I think he was implying that end had a seemingly infinite LT or something?

    1. Bollo*
    2. even if true, not massively useful in 350 mile runs presumably.


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    #63
    drquirky
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    He's kinda par for the course though for elite ultra running- seems like self promotion is part of the game at the "elite" end of that activity- we see it here in Ireland as well!

    I bet he'd smoke anyone here in Hibernia in anything over 49 hrs


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    #64
    pconn062
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    TRR wrote: »
    This bluffer was on newstalk the weekend. Couldn't believe the ****e the presenter let him away with. Pure fantasy!

    http://www.newstalk.ie/player/podcasts/Futureproof/Highlights_from_Future_Proof_with_Jonathan_McCrea/56028/0/the_real_life_forrest_gump

    That presenter is so clueless, I don't think he could call him out on any of that stuff even if he wanted to.


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    #65
    Enduro
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    drquirky wrote: »
    He's kinda par for the course though for elite ultra running- seems like self promotion is part of the game at the "elite" end of that activity- we see it here in Ireland as well!

    Complete untrue of any of them I've met in real life.
    drquirky wrote: »
    I bet he'd smoke anyone here in Hibernia in anything over 49 hrs

    Obvious WUM is so obvious as to be pathetic.


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    #66
    drquirky
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    Enduro-

    I challenge you to a "beer ultra" 30 days- whomever can drink the most beers and run the most miles wins (equal weighting). I reckon the fact that I can run under 7min miles should see me as the favourite.

    Winner is "World Champ at Beer Ultra"

    Loser ditches boards forever.


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    #67
    menoscemo
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    drquirky wrote: »

    I challenge you to a "beer ultra" 30 days- whomever can drink the most beers and run the most miles wins (equal weighting). I reckon the fact that I can run under 7min miles should see me as the favourite.

    Well you certainly won't win by beer drinking :D;)


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    #68
    drquirky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,866 ✭✭✭drquirky


    menoscemo wrote: »
    Well you certainly won't win by beer drinking :D;)

    aren't we supposed to be teammates? Btw thanks for waking me up - I fell asleep in this Iran/ Nigeria match but need to be on my game for the USA game.


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    #69
    menoscemo
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    drquirky wrote: »
    aren't we supposed to be teammates? Btw thanks for waking me up - I fell asleep in this Iran/ Nigeria match but need to be on my game for the USA game.

    :D What's the matter? did you finish that whole 4 pack of coors light? :pac:


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    #70
    theboyblunder
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    drquirky wrote: »
    Enduro-

    I challenge you to a "beer ultra" 30 days- whomever can drink the most beers and run the most miles wins (equal weighting). I reckon the fact that I can run under 7min miles should see me as the favourite.

    Winner is "World Champ at Beer Ultra"

    Loser ditches boards forever.


    This has GOT to be good for my quirky smackdown :pac:

    Enduro - Im pretty sure hes calling you a p*ssy.


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    #71
    TRR
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    drquirky wrote: »
    Enduro-

    I challenge you to a "beer ultra" 30 days- whomever can drink the most beers and run the most miles wins (equal weighting). I reckon the fact that I can run under 7min miles should see me as the favourite.

    Winner is "World Champ at Beer Ultra"

    Loser ditches boards forever.

    And beers must be drunk on an empty stomach. No need to eat for endurance events like this. In fact eating is cheating!


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    #72
    Enduro
    Registered Users Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭Enduro


    drquirky wrote: »
    Enduro-

    I challenge you to a "beer ultra" 30 days- whomever can drink the most beers and run the most miles wins (equal weighting). I reckon the fact that I can run under 7min miles should see me as the favourite.

    Winner is "World Champ at Beer Ultra"

    Loser ditches boards forever.

    Is that 1 beer = 1 mile over 30 days? Your mind bendingly super sprinty 7 min miles probably puts you in a good position when weighted against my 1bpl (beer per lifetime). A "world championship vodka ultra" would give me a better shot, so to speak.

    But hey, if you want to measure your milage + beer consumption vs my milage + complete lack of beer consumption for 30 days then that's fine by me. I'm more than happy for you to assume the title of "world champ at beer ultra" whatever the result is, since the title could hardly go to someone who doesn't drink beer.


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    #73
    drquirky
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    Enduro wrote: »
    Your mind bendingly super sprinty 7 min miles

    I figured I'd cite the fact that "eyeballs out" pace in an ultra is my easy pace:D


    I'm also completely ripping the piss btw.


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    #74
    Enduro
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    drquirky wrote: »
    I figured I'd cite the fact that "eyeballs out" pace in an ultra is my easy pace:D

    I'm sure your eyeballs out pace is a nice easy gentle jog pace for a well trained sprinter. Optimal paces are different depending on distances being raced. I presume you're aware of that. Only a complete idiot would suggest that something longer than a marathon should be run at a marathon pace, for example, or that you should run a 1500 meter race at your best 100 meter pace.


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    #75
    TRR
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    Enduro wrote: »
    I'm sure your eyeballs out pace is a nice easy gentle jog pace for a well trained sprinter. Optimal paces are different depending on distances being raced. I presume you're aware of that. Only a complete idiot would suggest that something longer than a marathon should be run at a marathon pace, for example, or that you should run a 1500 meter race at your best 100 meter pace.

    FYI

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sarcasm
    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irony


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    #76
    nerraw1111
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    Fairly sure Enduro is been sarcastic too TRR.


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    #77
    TRR
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    nerraw1111 wrote: »
    Fairly sure Enduro is been sarcastic too TRR.

    Sometimes it's hard to differentiate!


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    #78
    nerraw1111
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    TRR wrote: »
    Sometimes it's hard to differentiate!

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sarcasm
    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irony

    ;)


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    #79
    Krusty_Clown
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    We have a contender for....

    2ciafro.jpg


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    #80
    ecoli
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    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    We have a contender for....

    2ciafro.jpg

    Agreed

    Mod: No more derailing this thread. If people want to have spats between each other keep it out of discussion threads or bans will be handed out


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    #81
    Chivito550
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    I think this chap Dean Karnazes has a lot in common with Louis Walsh; Poor product in a weak genre, being sold to a wide audience through exceptional marketing ability, with the majority of the industry outspoken about their distaste for said person, yet secretly, deep down, are disgustingly jealous that he came up with such a brilliant idea first.


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    #82
    davedanon
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    I see it as more akin to the vast disdain, mixed with acknowledged envy, that GENIUS stand-up Stewart Lee feels for disgustingly-rich 'comedian' Michael McIntyre.


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    #83
    davedanon
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    The Louis Walsh analogy doesn't hold up. His peers aren't indie bands like Radiohead, or even, God help me, Coldplay, to whom credibility and integrity are important. Walsh is competing with all the other svengali music moguls. Karnazes is in a field of one. I suspect that what annoys ultra people is the realisation that lazy researchers in the media have so little interest/knowledge of what they do that they just take Karnazes word for it when he says he is the greatest athlete in the world.


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    #84
    Enduro
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    davedanon wrote: »
    I suspect that what annoys ultra people is the realisation that lazy researchers in the media have so little interest/knowledge of what they do that they just take Karnazes word for it when he says he is the greatest athlete in the world.

    Except that he's not claiming to be the fittest ultra-runner in the world. Our Dean is more worthy than such lowly targets. The fittest person in the world is a more appropriate label for the mighty one. So ultra runners are but a tiny minority of the minions who should be acknowledging his incredible awesomeness!

    <there may be some sarcasm in the above post>


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    #85
    serfboard
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    Enduro wrote: »
    The fittest person in the world is a more appropriate label for the mighty one.
    "The truth is he's simply above average." His lactate threshold ... occurs at 63.4 percent of his VO2 max, not bad for mortals, but low for an elite marathoner.
    link


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