And it was while doing that research that I first heard about the Cretan Runner, who I originally thought was some kind of runner or some kind of marathoner or ultra marathoner , and then discovered, no, he wasn't that kind of runner at all.He was a foot messenger during World War II.
or parliament here-- or marathon traffic jams. But a marathoner will tell you what is a marathon. It's a foot race of 26.2 miles, correct?
What is-- The pain cave, it's like how the deeper you go in the pain cave, that's how you reintroduce yourself to like new stimulus Whenever I hear a marathoner , I think that person is crazy.
Because a lot of times, I assume everybody would do better if they worked a little bit every day. So there's marathoners like me who like to do a little bit steadily.
And the more I hiked the more I enjoyed it. My husband-- he's actually a marathoner . He's done seven so far.
hundreds of miles in six days. Um, people started pointing out that if he had done this, he would have been in a tiny handful of elite ultra marathoners in the world and no one had ever heard of him in that field. No one was aware of this. So Jason Arde then clarified that actually it had taken twice as long and that the charity fundraising had
So I was, like, oh, I'll fence epee, too. Epee is like they're the marathoners of fencing. It's very, very slow.
So an ultra-marathon is anything beyond a marathon. And a marathon-- for us marathoners know-- is 26.2 miles. Never used to be that way.
So that gives you some indication I'm Irish. But how many of you marathoners , especially, know the definition of the word marathon? Probably you have an idea, right?
I mean, absolutely out of shape, unable to continue. I had that feeling that many marathoners do at mile 20 where you have lead leg, and you can't move another inch. And so I told them everything, like oh, I haven't been feeling well.
How many miles a week do you run? I'm actually relatively low mileage for a marathoner . I never go over 75 miles a week, but all the work we do during the week is very high quality.
Fifteen minutes from increasing the length of that last long run. One thing that has surprised me over the years for marathoners , when people go from our 26-miler and want to improve to say, qualify for Boston or set a personal record or beat that obnoxious person in their neighborhood that's running faster than they are in a marathon and go up to 29 miles, there's an average of 11 minutes of improvement.
The third mile, try another one. I've studied the effect that hot weather has on marathoners and it's a 30-second per mile slowdown for every five degrees above 60.
I had to think about even taking a step. Frank and Noel are both sub three hour marathoners .
that I've always um had a natural gate and had naturally good alignment I'm 100% Greek and my dad insists with who are from the same Village as as fides you know the original Greek marathoner and I always tell him Dad we grew up in La I mean what village I'm third generation um you know the other thing that uh scientists have found with me
Most of all, he practices what he preaches. Dr. Metzl is a dedicated athlete, a 35-time marathoner , and 14-time Ironman finisher. He lives in New York.
So you're a full time Googler, a full time mom. How do you find time to be a world-- how in the world do you find time to become a world class marathoner ? Well it's not certainly not just me.
The third mile, try another one. And a lot of folks assume that my run/walk/run is really just for those that are running five and six hour marathoners , but we've had people--over 150 people--I've heard from who
it's a coincidence, or it's cause and effect. And he's a guy who's made his bones by finding cause and effect where everybody else sees coincidence. You know, when you look at lean, Kenyan marathoners , we like to just say, "Ah well, it's just coincidence. They got that magic gene, that special chromosome.” And we try to find apologies for ourselves why -- any time someone does something better than we do, why, "Well, that's just the way
The fastest mile ever run by a woman is routinely snapped by high school state champions nationwide every year. 4:15 is the fastest mile that any woman has ever run. Now, as marathoners , it's kind of interesting. Because you get to the marathon, which is 26 miles, and you guys are only ten minutes off the male world record. And you've only been doing marathons for about
We confuse it with purpose. Like, you are a superhero, and you're going to be a marathoner for the rest of your life." Ha, amazing.
And then we try to reinvent it again and again. And it was while doing that research that I first heard about the Cretan Runner, who I originally thought was some kind of runner or some kind of marathoner or ultra marathoner , and then discovered, no, he wasn't that kind of runner at all.
addition to the ultra marathons you've run the traditional Marathon I'm too slow to run a it's like a Sprint I'm too slow for that kind of stuff re is that true uh I'm you know I'm uh competitive two and a half you know hour marathoner but that's about it I couldn't muscle on anything quicker than that I'm not real fast I can just go for a long time yeah
Instead of erring on the side of how far, how fast, how long – how about how does it feel? And the guy's like, 'Hold on, you're planning on running a marathon in these shoes?' And I was like 'yeah', and he went on to tell me how he was a 2:25 marathoner , which is
burning, so I was wondering if you had any suggestions there. I've heard." Bill Rogers, you know, the great American marathoner -- guy actually owns running shoe stores -- he said, you know, "The shoe that
But if you look at the reason I'm doing this is there's a lot of great research that shows essentially if you look at elite level marathoners
Can you guess how much he runs? Some of his toe nails ends up falling out every year from his run But he puts bandages and continues to run. I think he even runs more than professional marathoners for the sake of good things
burning, so I was wondering if you had any suggestions there. and suddenly, it's anybody's game. The top female ultra marathoners can beat any guy on the planet in a head-to-head contest. Emily Baer, back in 2008, was in the Hard
to breast-feed her baby at the aid stations, okay? She beat hundreds of men of elite, tough, well-conditioned, ultra marathoners , while stopping at the aid station to breast-feed her child, and finished in the top ten. Okay. So, how's this possible? How is it that, as distances get longer, women get stronger? Should not be physiologically possible, yet
them to their prehistoric counterparts. And see whether there isn't not some sort of common ground there. Whether these ultra runners are not trying Because one thing that's unusual about ultra runners is, you see one thing on their face that you don't see on marathoners , which is a smile, you know? Ultra runners bizarrely
them to their prehistoric counterparts. And see whether there isn't not some sort of common ground there. Whether these ultra runners are not trying It wasn't me; this was Bill Rogers. Bill Rogers won what -- four Boston marathons, one of the best marathoners of all time. He said the same thing.
And in Latin, ultra means beyond. So an ultra-marathon is anything beyond a marathon. And a marathon-- for us marathoners know-- is 26.2 miles.
I think most people would define a marathon as anything of excruciatingly long duration, like marathon sessions of Congress-- or parliament here-- or marathon traffic jams. But a marathoner will tell you what is a marathon.