The Science of Marathon Running
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[MUSIC] In 490 BC a Greek messenger named Pheidippides ran from the Greek town of Marathon to the capital Athens to deliver a message that the Greek army had just beaten back the Persians, and the distance between those two towns is 26.2 miles, and that’s the origin of the modern sporting event that we call the marathon. You might know that story, but what they don’t always tell you is that when he got to Athens after those 26.2 miles, Pheidippides died. So why on Earth would anyone want to run one of those for fun? How are our bodies even able to? I decided to find out, so I ran one. In the process, I discovered a lot about what I’m made of, in more ways than one. You guys ready to run the marathon? My training started millions of years before I ever...
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[MUSIC] In 490 BC a Greek messenger named Pheidippides ran from the Greek town of Marathon to the capital Athens to deliver a message that the Greek army had just beaten back the Persians, and the distance between those two towns is 26.2 miles, and that’s the origin of the modern sporting event that we call the marathon. You might know that story, but what they don’t always tell you is that when he got to Athens after those 26.2 miles, Pheidippides died. So why on Earth would anyone want to run one of those for fun? How are our bodies even able to? I decided to find out, so I ran one. In the process, I discovered a lot about what I’m made of, in more ways than one. You guys ready to run the marathon? My training started millions of years before I ever...
