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		Psyonic on April 12, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Endurance Running Hypothesis Some run far more than a few times a year... for instance Dean Karnazes. He once ran 50 marathons in 50 days as a promotion for North Face. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/ultraman.html

gaius on April 12, 2009 [–]

Karno has amazing endurance and recovery but he's not a competitive Marathon runner - his best Marathon time is 3:00:30, compare that to Haile Gebrselassie in 2:03:59. Geb competes once every couple of months on average.

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