Extreme sports
- JoeMcKim
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Re: Extreme sports
How is it even physically possible to do an iron man 50 days in a row, let alone back-to-back days? I would imagine that after doing an iron man competition you would need the following day to rest your body before you were capable of doing one again.
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Scott Jurek of "Born to Run" fame completed the FKT (fastest known time) for an Appalachian Trail traverse. He had a crew of 12 or so.
http://www.irunfar.com/2015/07/scott-ju ... ecord.html
50 miles per day. 46 and a half days. I'm not sure what to make of it, though he seems like a cool guy.
http://www.irunfar.com/2015/07/scott-ju ... ecord.html
50 miles per day. 46 and a half days. I'm not sure what to make of it, though he seems like a cool guy.
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Maybe running up and down Pikes Peak is what makes Matt Carpenter fatigued
http://www.denverpost.com/running/ci_27 ... -hall-fame
http://www.denverpost.com/running/ci_27 ... -hall-fame
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Crazy dude who climbed all 58 Colorado 14ers in ten days
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/and ... n-10-days/
Not many shots of whiskey and/or enjoying the view at the summit.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/and ... n-10-days/
Not many shots of whiskey and/or enjoying the view at the summit.
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Best peanut butter sandwiches ever?
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5 family members and I hiked to summit of Peak 9 13,195 feet, after driving as far as we could to start at 11,200. we were enjoying it on the way - took us 2.5 hours up it, for about 2.5 miles of hiking. Experience made that dude's speed summitting inconceivable.
gratuitous pics and tangential story
gratuitous pics and tangential story
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Tough Mudder Bro-fests going too far?
http://nypost.com/2015/08/13/seizures-e ... e-too-far/
10,000 volts of electricity?!! Tear gas. Wow that sounds dumb. And it ain't cheap either. A true obstacle course race would be like the show on Tv - one or two at a time rather than a free-for all. I don't think the Marines send people enmasse thru their course either.
Even though these things are tough - phony contrived bull [expletive] obstacles are lame and completing them often have little to do with fitness/agility. typical Tough Mudder entrant is way bulkier than a US Marine or the american ninjas warriors.
This guy nails it
http://nypost.com/2015/08/13/seizures-e ... e-too-far/
My take:Spencer Berg, a 31-year-old investment banker from the Upper East Side and two-time Tough Mudder competitor, drew the line at getting tear-gassed.
10,000 volts of electricity?!! Tear gas. Wow that sounds dumb. And it ain't cheap either. A true obstacle course race would be like the show on Tv - one or two at a time rather than a free-for all. I don't think the Marines send people enmasse thru their course either.
Even though these things are tough - phony contrived bull [expletive] obstacles are lame and completing them often have little to do with fitness/agility. typical Tough Mudder entrant is way bulkier than a US Marine or the american ninjas warriors.
This guy nails it
“It’s not fun or challenging,” Nicholsen says. “It’s just enduring something unpleasant — possibly unsafe — for the sake of doing it.”
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https://vimeo.com/105194950 Rob Krar running Grand Canyon Rim to Rim, talking about his depression.
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