I've run a marathon and it was hard. Then I learned about ultra marathoners doing 50 and 100 mile runs in one day. Then there are the marathons and ultra marathons in rough places, like Death Valley. Then there's the grand daddy of difficulty:
The Marathon Des Sables. It's 6 days and 6 marathons long, run in a desert with temps topping 110F, you have to carry your week's gear and food,
and you are
limited to 9 liters of water a day. Here are some
photos and blogger
Ben Hammersley's current results are
here. The event finishes tomorrow. [via
jay allen]
posted by mathowie
on Apr 16, 2004 -
18 comments
Over the past few years, doping in sports has grown into an arms race of biology, chemistry, and technology as atheletes attempt to push their limits and escape detection. While it's hard to estimate how widespread the problem is or how much it actually improves one's performance, one amateur athelete for Outside Magazine
decided to test the latest on himself as he spent 8 months training for an ultramarathon cycling event. The article also notes
pro-cheating sites filled with
atheletes trading stories of their own programs. Disturbing stuff, when you think of all the records being broken in sports these days. As
Rafe says, this might be one of the most important sports articles ever written. note: it's a long article, but worth it.
posted by mathowie
on Oct 27, 2003 -
14 comments
EXPN is ESPN/ABC/GoNetworks/DisneyEmpire's newest attempt to exploit the existence of extreme sports. I've spent most of my life skateboarding, but I still don't know how much of it I could watch on TV. I'm sure it would get old after a few weeks.
posted by mathowie
on Jul 15, 1999 -
0 comments
