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Sport Specific Training Discussion => 800m+ Running and/or Conditioning => Topic started by: adarqui on July 08, 2010, 12:28:43 am

Title: DEAN KARNAZES 50 marathons in 50 days - training, pictures, & articles
Post by: adarqui on July 08, 2010, 12:28:43 am
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/ultraman.html


"DEAN KARNAZES WAS SLOBBERING DRUNK. IT WAS HIS 30TH BIRTHDAY, and he'd started with beer and moved on to tequila shots at a bar near his home in San Francisco."

"That was August 1992. Over the next 14 years, Karnazes challenged almost every known endurance running limit. He covered 350 miles without sleeping. (It took more than three days.) He ran the first and only marathon to the South Pole (finishing second), and a few months ago, at age 44, he completed 50 marathons in 50 consecutive days, one in each of the 50 states."

", in 1995 Karnazes entered a 199-mile relay race – by himself. He competed against eight teams of 12 and finished eighth."

(http://4pack.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/karnazes_dean.jpg)

(http://www.ultramarathonman.com/flash/print/Wired2.jpg)
Title: Re: DEAN KARNAZES 50 marathons in 50 days - training, pictures, & articles
Post by: adarqui on July 08, 2010, 01:06:22 am
3. FLIRT WITH DISASTER
In 1995, Karnazes ran his first Badwater Ultramarathon, a 135-mile trek that starts in Death Valley, California, in the middle of summer and finishes at the Mt. Whitney Portals, 8,360 feet above sea level. After running 72 miles in 120-degree heat, Karnazes collapsed on the side of the road suffering from hallucinations, diarrhea, and nausea. He had pushed himself to the point of death to find out whether he was strong enough to survive. He was. Though he didn't finish the race that year, Karnazes came back the next and placed 10th. He won it on his fifth attempt, in 2004. "Somewhere along the line, we seem to have confused comfort with happiness," he says.


6. SHOW YOUR BODY WHO'S BOSS
"The human body has limitations," Karnazes says. "The human spirit is boundless." Your mind, in other words, is your most important muscle. As a running buddy told him: "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention to arrive safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow!! What a ride!"


8. LEARN TO LOVE KRAZY GLUE
If something goes wrong – and it inevitably will – it's usually with Karnazes' feet. In races and on training runs, he has battled giant, foot-devouring blisters. A surprisingly effective treatment: Krazy Glue. Pop the blister, slather the wound with the super-adhesive, and voilà – your foot is ready to take a beating again. The glue acts as a kind of indestructible second skin and has helped Karnazes finish competitions he wouldn't have otherwise. (Officially, Krazy Glue recommends avoiding all contact with skin.)


Title: Re: DEAN KARNAZES 50 marathons in 50 days - training, pictures, & articles
Post by: LBSS on July 08, 2010, 09:18:41 am
re: Krazy Glue. Also a well-known way for rock climbers to fix torn fingers when they're on a multi-day climb. Disinfect the gash, pour some krazy glue in, wrap in medical tape, and you're good to go.
Title: Re: DEAN KARNAZES 50 marathons in 50 days - training, pictures, & articles
Post by: speedstik1028 on August 19, 2011, 06:43:00 pm
just read his book ultramarathon man. it's beast.
Title: Re: DEAN KARNAZES 50 marathons in 50 days - training, pictures, & articles
Post by: adarqui on October 02, 2011, 12:11:57 am
just read his book ultramarathon man. it's beast.

sick, i was just going to bump this too.. always loved this guy's story and accomplishments, now that im back doing distance, ill be researching people like him a little more.
Title: Re: DEAN KARNAZES 50 marathons in 50 days - training, pictures, & articles
Post by: adarqui on October 19, 2011, 11:09:38 pm
bump