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Humans are incredible long distance…

April 2, 2021April 2, 2021Weirdo

Humans are incredible long distance runners. There’s a Man vs Horse marathon held in Wales annually since 1980. It’s been won by a human multiple times after the first human winner in 2004.

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The optimal recovery position post…

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020Weirdo

The optimal recovery position post exercise is hands on knees, rather than hands on head – the results of a study indicated that the hands on knee posture significantly improved heart rate recovery, tidal volume, and carbon dioxide elimination in comparison with the hands on head posture.

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A 3,100-mile ultramarathon takes…

July 12, 2019Weirdo

A 3,100-mile ultramarathon takes place around a single Queens NYC block. Runners have 52 days to run the route 5,649 times during which many experience out-of-body hallucinations. Only 43 people have ever finished.

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Nike founded and oversees an ultra-elite running group…

August 21, 2016Weirdo

Nike founded and oversees an ultra-elite running group, with state of the art equipment such as underwater treadmills, and whose athletes live in a specially designed house where filters remove oxygen so the athletes develop more red blood cells in a simulated high-altitude environment.

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A guy and his friends have a tradition of putting on full Star Wars…

May 9, 2014May 9, 2014Weirdo

darthvalleyA guy and his friends have a tradition of putting on full Star Wars costumes and running a timed mile in Death Valley on the hottest day of the year. They call it the “Darth Valley Challenge” and temperatures can be as high as 129°F/54°C.

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There’s a Kenyan tradition of running n …

December 28, 2013Weirdo

There’s a Kenyan tradition of running naked at night.

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Humans are the best long-distance runner …

March 15, 2013March 15, 2013Weirdo

marathonHumans are the best long-distance runners on the planet, able to beat horses (and everything else) in marathon distance races.

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There’s a man who ran nonstop for 135 m …

February 25, 2013Weirdo

There’s a man who ran nonstop for 135 miles in 120F degrees across death valley, a marathon in the South Pole in -40F and did 50 marathons in 50 days in all 50 states.

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Before the finish line, a Spanish sports …

January 19, 2013January 19, 2013Weirdo

runningBefore the finish line, a Spanish sportsman running in second place, noticed that the Kenyan running in first place has lost his way, instead of taking advantage of the situation, he guided him all the way to the end and let him win.

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There is a Native American tribe of ultr …

January 18, 2013Weirdo

There is a Native American tribe of ultra-runners known as the Tarahumara. They can run 200 miles non-stop, and play running games that go on for up to 2 days without breaks. They use the toe-strike method of running instead of the traditional heel-strike. And they do it drunk.

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