8:23:42
11707th out of 11767 males to finish
8:23:42
11707th out of 11767 males to finish
I used Balega socks. A touch pricey (not terrible), but worked great and well worth IMO.
Socks and shoes sizes usually stop at size 13-15. I wear a size 16 and not much out there that fits
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!
Thanks. Last night I jog walked my dog at a 13.9min mile pace
So ... super shoes?
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!
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.
If you divided him into three 142lb runners, that's 2:48 each. That's not so bad.
I believe he broke his own world record at this years LA Marathon?
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."
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.