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"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.]


Very true, thanks for pointing this out.


At 9:40/mile my heartrate won't go below 180, I'm 27...


Exactly! I don't understand how his heart rate is below 100 when running 10 kilometers (he says).


Eddy Merckx (bicyclist) used to have a resting heart rate of 26...


Try working on your briething. I've never run very far let alone a marathon(though I have played football non-stop for several hours many times when I was younger)... but 've found that by taking deep breathes while I run/jog means I can go for longer and without discumfort(until I stop) as opposed to when almost panting like a dog, it's as-if it has physchological effect and my body just refuses to work.




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