Guinness World Records:
"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."
That’s definitely a walking pace. Maybe he jogged part of it, though. Hard to say without splits. Anyway....good on him. I couldn’t walk 26 miles with 260 extra pounds in a backpack. I hope it was a stepping stone to a healthy lifestyle for him.
No. It's the equivalent of people posting that they completed a 100 mile ultra without mentioning the sloggy 11 minute pace. It should be ignored and uncelebrated.
What's the point of a thread like this? Do you want a movement to change the wording on some guy's record? Like who the hell cares?
Anyway, I think I could barely walk one 19 minute mile holding 270 lbs. It may take similar ground force to a "true run" by someone lighter just to move at that pace. I don't know. Just sayin'.
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Doesn't qualify as running--I recently walked (not racewalked) a marathon under six hours, at age 60+.
Good on him, though.
I feel similar to the way I did when one of my university athletes saw a ~400lb individual in the swimming pool and exclaimed, "What's *he* doing in the gym?" My response: "Who better?"
StevePrefonDead wrote:
No. It's the equivalent of people posting that they completed a 100 mile ultra without mentioning the sloggy 11 minute pace. It should be ignored and uncelebrated.
You’ve probably never attempted a 100 miler in your life to know the comparison of how hard and strenuous that distance can be. It’s all about perspective.
No but it doesn't really matter, it's just an obscure record. Good on him for moving 26.2 miles at that weight.
The record says 'complete a marathon'.... And that's what he did. Nowhere does it say 'run a marathon', so I'm not sure why you asked if it even counts as running?
Most people have completed a marathon in their life, they have made their body travel 26.2 miles. But the requirement is probably that it has to be in an official event. So this person completed a marathon in an official marathon race and finished the finish line before it was all torn down.
*ahem* wrote:
I feel similar to the way I did when one of my university athletes saw a ~400lb individual in the swimming pool and exclaimed, "What's *he* doing in the gym?" My response: "Who better?"
That’s pretty great
Not sure we need this world record. Are there a bunch of 390 lb guys out there who are trying to put on weight to get to 430 while training to finish a marathon? Or are you more likely to get the record if you are at 450 and drop 20 lbs training for the race?
The record is accurate wrote:
The record says 'complete a marathon'.... And that's what he did. Nowhere does it say 'run a marathon', so I'm not sure why you asked if it even counts as running?
The entry says "... and was achieved by Charles Bungert (USA) while running the LA Marathon..."
I agree that the record itself is just completing a marathon, though.
DanM wrote:
Guinness World Records:
"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."
Most important question. Was that pre-race weight or post-race?
First, let's qualify something very important. You brag about your sub 6 marathon walking? Well, not only did i do a 2:29 and change split for a half marathon but I also did a 5:40:42 marathon walking the whole thing.
Doubt me? I can send the link to all my times.
You'll always have qualifiers because. That's how yoy assumed jocks work.
Please.
I did my time at 182 lbs...and you..???
But 427 lbs is almost twice me then plus a half....
Had he tried to walk that distance...actually walk it, he might have been closer to 577 minutes...yep....26*22= 572 plus .22. 577 minutes is 9 hours 37 minutes.
This is more accurate if he were walking!
Sometimes I wonder why some of you even talk about this.
Good on him? Yeah, south, why not be accurate first.
He clearly ran most of it.
This post? Not good -on- you South.
Sincerely,
Michael Rouse
Murfreesboro Tennessee
(Real person)
Who cares?
He finished.
Justify what allows you to make a judgment of how, what or lifestyle.
Sometimes you people....
You're not qualified
See?
That's the problem. And now we see it.
On a real life matrix, he's barely even fat.
While he is probably 6'6" or more as evidenced by the pictures, he doesn't look any different than any regular former football or even basketball player.
This is why size judgment and BMI are way off.
When I did my 5:40 walking marathon, I had a BMI of 27.93. Which means if I were 6'6", I'd be 242 lbs.
Conversely, had I done my walk at his BMI, I'd weigh 329 lbs.
Me at just over 5'8" then at 329 pounds would be much slower than him at his weight.
I'd be huge.
He looks like he could line up on any O-line
I doubt what some of you know
Regardless of anyone's opinion of this guy's marathon performance, he does appear to be more accomplished and more durable than david45.
Portland Hobby Jogger wrote:
Regardless of anyone's opinion of this guy's marathon performance, he does appear to be more accomplished and more durable than david45.
LOL
I'm not real sure it qualifies as running. Why don't you and that other jerk Derrick investigate this a bit more thoroughly.
