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Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder
Wouldn't that be extremely bad for your health? I keep hearing stories of marathon runners keeling over in their 40s or 50s from heart attacks. Does it depend on the person or methods?
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He's trotting, finishing in about 5.5 to six hours each time, rather than outright running. Bear that in mind.
So his heart rate is probably pretty sedate, so long as he's hydrating himself adequately. He would drink about eight pounds of liquids through each run.
A duffer is probably strongest for this kind of thing in their 30's into ther mid-40's to perhaps 50. You see the bulk of registrants in that age range.
I think this guy is in his mid-50's.
I know one guy who ran the Calgary marathon at age 70. I ran a marathon earlier in the year and there were guys at the starting line doing their 600th and 500th marathons, older men. One guy in the States did a marathon every weekend for a year and was actually running as opposed to trotting.
Basically, our Cochrane man made it a job, working six hours a day, five days a week, where he was running, trotting, maybe a little walking, 42 km a day.
An admirable accomplishment. It would be a hard thing to do for sure. Not everyone could do it. You'd need to be fairly special physically.
EDIT: The research on marathon runners and their hearts
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0...ct-your-heart/
And less fit marathoners . . .
http://www.suite101.com/content/mara...damage-a300975
Cowperson