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zimpenfish on March 13, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Man Walks Nearly 3000 Miles Through China

True but "ultramarathon" is "anything longer than a marathon" and 40-50mi/day easily disproves the "humans can't ultramarathon every day" statement.

I'd agree that it's very unlikely anyone could keep up 90mi/day for very long. If Karnazes can't ...

goatforce5 on March 13, 2014 [–]

Here's a guy who ran one 875 ultramarathon in 5 days at the age of 61 - without sleep or otherwise resting:

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/young.html

Cliffy Young is awesome. He's a national hero in Australia.

zimpenfish on March 13, 2014 | [–]

Yeah, he's amazing. Makes you wonder how many other heroic athletes are just bumbling about in normal life without people noticing them.

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