Thanks... any suggestions? I'm all ears. Favorite synthetic socks? KT Tape for blisters, etc... I'm wearing HOKA Rincon 3s this year and holy sh*t I feel better. Asics gad zero cushioning. I'm possibly going to use elastic laces too. I was wearing dark colored cotton shirts. Going for wickable white shirt this time and probably raising money for a Christian school. Guinness saw my record as motivational so I'm in the book twice.
If I had to carry 250 pounds of gear on my back I couldn't walk a Marathon faster than your time, about 19 minutes per mile. Distance running is just one element of T&F. You probably can put the shot further than the majority on here. Keep exercising!
Charles Bungert holds the Guinness World Record for “Heaviest person to complete a marathon (male).” Soon after he completed his very first marathon in 2012,...
Thanks. No blisters in 2012 but got the bloody 11s. I don't wear spandex type shorts, but the shorts I wore weren't great. I have size 16 shoes as well and love the HOKA shoes. So much lighter and way better cushion for the pushin. Blisters were a big factor and I just wanted to finish. I was afraid that too much jogging my back would give out and I was just trying to finish for mom. My pace is better and on an average day I walk 5-12 miles. I've had 19days off in 6 months so it's hard to get miles in after 8-14hr days. I'm going to embarrass some people this time and it'll be hilarious
"The heaviest person to complete a marathon weighs 193.96 kg (427 lb 9 oz) and was achieved by Charles Bungert (USA) while running the LA Marathon in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 17 March 2013."
"Bungert finished the race with a time of 8:23:40."
It's a huge achievement at that weight.
I don't care about the preening hobbyjoggers running 2:15 or 2:40, you are earning just as much from running as this guy - NADA.
Is this really legit ?Don't real marathons have 6 hour cutoff times .Did they really keep the course open until the last unfit and untrained selfish individual could walk it home ?
Charles Bungert is out to beat the Guinness World Record he set in 2013 as Heaviest Person to Complete a Marathon this year again at the L.A. Marathon. Gaining world wide attention. Google Charles Bungert for more on the story.
I’d struggle to do a marathon with five 45lb plates on my back faster than he did. I think it’s cool.
I think it is cool too. Doing anything these days is pretty respectable. Most people are just absorbing content and flushing smoothies and cheap carbs through their systems. How many hours of screen time do most people need before they realize they are wasting their lives. I think it is great when folks do hard things like this.
p.s. I think that if one foot is always on the ground, it is not technically running, so I think he uses the verbs "completing" and "finishing" a marathon. Semantics, but correct on his part. Hats off!
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I’d struggle to do a marathon with five 45lb plates on my back faster than he did. I think it’s cool.
I think it is cool too. Doing anything these days is pretty respectable. Most people are just absorbing content and flushing smoothies and cheap carbs through their systems. How many hours of screen time do most people need before they realize they are wasting their lives. I think it is great when folks do hard things like this.
p.s. I think that if one foot is always on the ground, it is not technically running, so I think he uses the verbs "completing" and "finishing" a marathon. Semantics, but correct on his part. Hats off!
Whatever the definition is I'd be willing to be his marathon took more grit and determination than the hobby jogger's 3:45 marathon did.
"The heaviest person to complete a marathon weighs 193.96 kg (427 lb 9 oz) and was achieved by Charles Bungert (USA) while running the LA Marathon in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 17 March 2013."
"Bungert finished the race with a time of 8:23:40."
Two seconds per mile per pound. He loses 300 pounds (600 seconds/mile) he is lean and mean 147 lbs. That's 26 miles x 600 seconds. Puts him right under four hours.