The World’s Most Statistically Fit Man Is Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days
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How about these vital stats?
Height: 5′ 8″
Weight: 154lbs
Resting Heart Rate: 39
Percent Body Fat: 4.8%
Blood Pressure: 100/60 mm Hg
Cholesterol: 105 mg/dL.
Those remarkable numbers come from the running man himself, Dean Karnazes, who will perform 50 marathons in 50 days (wtf, omg, rsvp!?) beginning Sept. 17 at the Lewis & Clark Marathon in St Charles, Missouri. Dean is maintaining a blog to chronicle his build-up and the eventual feat.
Endurance 50 - Sponsored by North Face (pops, it’s a Flash site)
*Oh, yeah: and that pic is of Dean running at Badwater: It’s an ultra-distance race that spans 135 miles/217km non-stop from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney, CA in temperatures up to 130F/55C. (!)
[tags] 50, marathon, day, Dean Karnazes, endurance, fitness, blood pressure, cholestorol, stats, Badwater [tags]
4 opinions for The World’s Most Statistically Fit Man Is Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days
mam885
Aug 2, 2006 at 8:26 am
This is that guy I was telling you about. He’s doing the courses of all these marathons, but not necessarily on the same day as the official race. Probably because it’s a little tricky to find a marathon on a Wednesday…
Wade
Aug 2, 2006 at 9:53 am
Yeah, you and Shan said something to me about him within 36 hours of each other. He’s a really interesting crazy person.
Stooks
Nov 13, 2007 at 10:16 am
you look like forest gump!!!
Kathy Kopp
Jan 9, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Hey sports fans, I work for a publisher and we need photos of the 2004 Badwater event, specifically photos of Dean Karnazes and people re-fueling during the run,
We will pay. Send your low res photos to my e-amil
and we’ll go from there.
Thanks, Kathy
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