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You ran 900 miles in 6 months but don’t consider yourself athletic? Um ok you might want to revise that evaluation.
Yeah, that's an average of about 5 miles a day.
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The standard to pass the first phase of US Army Ranger School is 5 miles at 8:00 pace. Those aren't pro runners by any means, but shows a standard for a rather well conditioned group of people. They also need to do 49 push-ups and 59 sit-ups in 2 minutes each, plus 6 pull-ups.
I consider myself unfit and can do 10k at 7min/km ... not sure those numbers are right given 1km=.6mile
I've started running and an unexpected challenge is boredom. The running is challenging as is, but doing it for ~1h30m has been, for me, well, tedious. I guess that's a byproduct of always being within arm's reach of a phone.
And he tracked everything on Strava too - https://www.strava.com/athletes/16416410
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I didn’t know you could get a watch with more than 24 hours of battery life including GPS tracking (COROS APEX Pro). The accuracy is a bit weird though, the elevation chart doesn’t make sense.
The Apple Watch Ultra is rated for 36 hours so long as cell service isn't enabled.
[1] - Details in footnote #1 on https://www.apple.com/apple-watch-ultra/
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You ran 900 miles in 6 months but don’t consider yourself athletic? Um ok you might want to revise that evaluation.
He just wants others to tell him that he is.
Why does everybody assume this is vanity?
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The Apple Watch Ultra is rated for 36 hours so long as cell service isn't enabled.
That's 36 hours of normal use, with a 60 minute workout[1]. My Fenix 6 lasts 8 days of normal use and currently tells me it can record a 14 hour run even with only 42% battery. [1] - Details in footnote #1 on https://www.apple.com/apple-watch-ultra/
And if one could ever get a cellular enabled watch without an iPhone, I'll be first in line.
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My problem with running was knee malfunction. I don't know how people do it short of just accepting the damage and/or getting mechanical replacements.
Everyone has had good points about conditioning, but I'm surprised no one has said it yet - fresh running shoes. I go through a pair each year. Until your body has adapted it's very important to have a good pair of supportive but cushioning shoes.
Aleksandr's training is public on his Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/26934035 Something to remember is that this is his pace _after_ pit stops, so his actual running pace was faster. Also notable is that this course was kind of terrible, with four 90 degree turns and three 180 degree turns each lap for 209 laps. There's little doubt that he could run > 200 miles on a course with fewer turns.
https://labs.strava.com/flyby/viewer/#7828119666?c=u0pf6j88&...
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Eight gallons of gasoline
Humans are much more energy efficient than cars, so it was less than 3/4 of a gallon (100 kcal/mile * 200 miles = 20,000 calories = 0.7 gallons of gas or about 6 pounds of body fat). He's probably much more efficient than 100 kcal/mile though.
A car as light as a human would get something like 1,000mpg (probably a fuel cell with an electric motor).