Belgian man completes 365 marathons in 365 consecutive days
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Belgian man completes 365 marathons in 365 consecutive days
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Re: Belgian man completes 365 marathons in 365 consecutive days
#2"Engels had asthma as a youngster and doctors told him he should not participate in sports. But he decided to overcome his ailment and ran his first marathon at 25. He said his latest feat is the result of 35 years of exercise."
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#3I expected to read he almost walked them but it turns out it was 4 hour marathons every day for a year? Simply staggering!
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#4This is literally unfathomable to me. This guy has to be some sort of serious genetic freak. I workout regularly, but I think I just got chin splints just from reading that article. When you consider how even the most elite athletes fall victim to overtraining, I can't even imagine how his body was able to hold up to this. Truly amazing.
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#5"Engels had asthma as a youngster and doctors told him he should not participate in sports. But he decided to overcome his ailment and ran his first marathon at 25. He said his latest feat is the result of 35 years of exercise."
In other words, he also did it at age 49! Just awesome. (with a best time of under 3 hours, too)
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#6Engels averaged around four hours to complete a marathon. He said his best time was 2 hours, 56 minutes.
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#7"He said the key was a slow pace over the 26.2-miles."
"He ran every race, he never walked. He ran at a rate of 10 kilometers per hour"
The man ran 6:13 miles[1]...in a marathon...each day, for 365 days in a row.
And he calls that a slow pace!
[1] Update: It's actually 6.2 miles per hour (the equivalent of a 9:40 mile), - still not too slow. I apologize for confusing miles per hour with mile times].
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#8" He said the key was a slow pace over the 26.2-miles. " " He ran every race, he never walked. He ran at a rate of 10 kilometers per hour " The man ran 6:13 miles[1]...in a marathon...each day, for 365 days in a row. And he calls that a slow pace ! [1] Update: It's actually 6.2 miles per hour (the equivalent of a 9:40 mile), - still not too slow. I apologize for confusing miles per hour with mile times].
10 km/h is approximately 9:40 per mile. Not a fast pace.
[BTW, what he did is insane and probably very dangerous for most people to attempt. The odds of getting injured/sick/suffering long term health consequences are high.]
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#9He was 49 years old. Wouldn't this cause problems for his hips and knees? I'm all for pushing physical limits, but not to the point where it could backfire. Even 20 year-old professional footballers (soccer) are told to take 2 weeks complete rest at the end of a season, and during the season they only train maybe 3-4 days a week.
I hope this guy doesn't regret doing this down the line, because right now it is very inspiring.
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#10This is literally unfathomable to me. This guy has to be some sort of serious genetic freak. I workout regularly, but I think I just got chin splints just from reading that article. When you consider how even the most elite athletes fall victim to overtraining, I can't even imagine how his body was able to hold up to this. Truly amazing.
chin splints presumably from your jaw dropping?