I've been thinking about this for a few days now. Does anyone know if there is an established record for the longest distance covered on foot while a person is holding their breath? What would be the best way to go about trying to cover this distance, walking, jogging, running? Would it even matter?
wouldn't you faint??
Lets sew peoples lips together with fishing wire then make them run at least 1000 meters to where there is a pair of scissors waiting for them. Those that make it good, those that dont...ogrish.com
Wasn't the acient Olymipic sprint race distance based one har far someone could run while holding their breath? I think I read that once.
David Blaine is going for nine minutes.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=1913767&page=1
Lots of pop-ups, btw.
There's a sport in India called Kabada or something like that where a bunch of grownups play team tag while holding their breath. Its very popular.
Freakin Indians are MAD!
Rumor back in the day was that William Reed, who I believe set the high school record in the 400 meters, used to hold his breath during the entire race during his freshman year. Used to nearly pass out after every race till his coach realized what he was doing.
Isn't that what you have to do in order to audition for Dumb & Dumber?
william reed? i haven't heard that name before but when steve lewis was a high school senior (a year before he won gold in seoul) he didn't even win the california state championship in the 800m. i had heard he lost to "some guy who held his breath the entire race and passed out after every race." i've got to look this guy up now.
I find it hard to believe a guy could run that hard for almost 50 seconds while holding his breath. A 200 is hard enough, but I don't think it could be done in a 400m.
400 METERS
44.69 Darrell Robinson (Wilson, Tacoma, Washington) 82
45.01 Jerome Young (Prince Tech, Hartford, Connecticut) 95
45.09 Henry Thomas (Hawthorne, California) 85
45.14 **Obea Moore (Muir, Pasadena, California) 95
45.17 *William Reed (Central, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 87
45.25 Calvin Harrison (North, Salinas, California) 93
45.25 LaShawn Merritt (Wilson, Portsmouth, Virginia) 04
45.36 Chris Nelloms (Dunbar, Dayton, Ohio) 90
45.36 Marlon Ramsey (West Brook, Beaumont, Texas) 94
45.44 Xavier Carter (Palm Bay, Melbourne, Florida) 04
I think the 50% split for anaerobic vs aerobic occurs around 75 seconds so it might be possible. I'm not saying he did it, but it might be possible to do when you run 45 seconds. I know Olympic swimmers hold their breath during the entire 50 meters which lasts 22-23 seconds for men and 24-25 for women.
this sounds like the dumbest idea i've ever heard