For those of you that didn't see the quote of the day, The Onion reported "New York Marathon Winner Tests Positive For Performance-Enhancing Horse". Maybe the funniest aspect of the article is that Meb could probably beat a horse over the course of the NYC marathon. What do you guys think? Meb and a horse head to head over 26.2. Who wins?
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/new_york_marathon_winner_tests
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It's satire man. Stop taking this to the extreme! Only a trained endurance horse would be able to tell you!
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I had the exact same thought when I read that. I definitely think Meb could rock a horse over 26.2 miles, especially on the NY course.
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There's a man vs. horse marathon somewhere in England I think, the horses have almost always won in the past, but recently some humans have started to take home the gold.
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Humans have only won that race because the horse quality has dropped quite a bit.
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If Meb rode the horse for the first 13 miles and ran the last 13 he'd destroy anyone. Therefore a horse is performance enhancing.
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But wouldn't he be stiff from riding the horse for 13 miles? I bet he would need a good warmup before hammering 13 miles.
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Ritz could be a horse
Rexing could take them all. In trainers.
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Chad OchoCinco raced a horse and won over 1/8 of a mile. Too bad he had a 100m head start
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themanontherun wrote:
There's a man vs. horse marathon somewhere in England I think, the horses have almost always won in the past, but recently some humans have started to take home the gold.
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1) the man vs. horse race in england has horses with riders. Quite a bit different than a wild horse.
2) Meb could not beat a horse if it ran in the NYM with him last week.
3) Meb would have crushed a horse who was running in the 2004 Oympics
Why? Because it was so darn hot. Humans are superior heat runners because we can sweat. A horse would have collapsed and died at Athens. -
Horses don't sweat?
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Horses sweat just like us.
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This is my horse. My horse is amazing.
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Do we speak of an African horse, or a white one?
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rekrunner wrote:
Do we speak of an African horse, or a white one?
Haha...
By the way... the Man v Horse race is held over mountainous terrain, and Horses find it very hard to go down steep hills (or maybe its up steep hills)...
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On the NY marathon course, Meb would win. Horses do not run well on roads. In fact, they really hate being on hard surfaces.
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Precious Roy wrote:
On the NY marathon course, Meb would win. Horses do not run well on roads. In fact, they really hate being on hard surfaces.
Plus, Meb should demand that they take the carpet off the grated surfaces. The horse would stand no chance over grates (ie. cow catchers on country roads). -
pre841 wrote:
Precious Roy wrote:
On the NY marathon course, Meb would win. Horses do not run well on roads. In fact, they really hate being on hard surfaces.
Plus, Meb should demand that they take the carpet off the grated surfaces. The horse would stand no chance over grates (ie. cow catchers on country roads).
You're dragging this out of the basement for that comment?!
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I've read about this somewhere. I think a horse wins over 26 miles, but beyond that the race goes to humans.
Humans are unique among mammals because of ability to regulate temperature, as someone already mentioned. All other mammals most stop and rest periodically to sweat or pant, and allow the core body temperature to cool.
This is how the bushmen in th Kalihari have traditionally hunted: they just keep the prey moving until it falls over from complete exhaustion and overheating.
