TRAPPED Miner Ran 10KM a day UNDERGROUND

Lardy wrote:

anemic wrote:

they had to stay skinny to fit in the Fenix. That is an awesome story!!!! I assume these were Michigan kilometers. heh

Phoenix

Fenix was painted on the escape pod

anyone else have experience with extreme low-altitude training? Similarities/differences between low and high altitude training?

That's nothing, Jason Rexing once ran an underground 10k in 27:50 in a West Virginia coal mine ... in trainers

They were actually at sea level. The entrance to the mine was at ~2400 feet, according to what I read (NY Times?).

hopesalazarsnotwatching wrote:

anyone else have experience with extreme low-altitude training? Similarities/differences between low and high altitude training?

Pena don't run no 10K!

Mathew wrote:Pena don't run no 10K!

How would you know whether he ran or not, and how far he ran? Have you ever been invited to run in the NY marathon? Pena has. You'll have to pay your own way it seems.

Upon hearing that miner Edison Pena jogged regularly in the tunnels that weren't blocked by the collapse, New York City Marathon officials decided to invite him to participate in next month's race.

"His using running as a tool to help him through that incredible challenge -- I think every runner hopes they could and would do it," New York Road Runners president Mary Wittenberg said. "It takes extraordinary fortitude to have the strength to venture out in a situation like that."

http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/5685490/chilean-miners-being-flooded-sports-invites

[quote]free NY marathon pass wrote:

Mathew wrote:Pena don't run no 10K!

How would you know whether he ran or not, and how far he ran? Have you ever been invited to run in the NY marathon? Pena has. You'll have to pay your own way it seems.

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Sorry, I might be thinking of his brother Brad.

See what I did there wrote:

was it Rupp-Certified?

ummm.....ever heard of Jordan Hasay?

I heard that when he reached the surface and checked the results, he learned that he had beaten in every run by Kip Litton...despite not having been passed by Kip, not having seen him on the course and there not existing any pictures of Kip riding the escape capsule to the surface.

How did he get his GPS to work down there?

Awesome man.

Um, yeah wrote:

wilfredo wrote:

they had contact with the outside, so they had food and water delivered.

In limited quantities and only once they drilled through their initial search bore hole. Before that, they were rationing themselves to a couple spoon fulls of canned tuna and half a glass of milk.

When the first bore hole broke through, they were down to two tins of tuna remaining.

Exactly. These miners had something like 4 ounces of milk, 2 crackers, and a bit of tuna PER DAY, for most of the time they were down there. And it's a constant 90 degrees, not even mentioning the dust, coal, thought-to-be-extinct prehistoric creatures, etc in that hell-hole. If this guy ran more than 10 miles total, I'd be very surprised. But feel free to post any video link you might find.

The details provided by There ya go sound more believable. I think that I would probably knock the guy out if he started running in the mine; I would be worried that he would use to much oxygen and produce too much CO2 with all of that heavy breathing and activity.

apprnnr wrote:

From the CNN blog:

The 12th miner, Edison Peña, has reached the top of the rescue chamber.

Peña, 34, also sent a request for music while he was down in the mine because of his love for music - especially Elvis. While trapped underground he led the group of 33 miners in sing-a-longs. He has reportedly also been running 10km a day underground in the available space.

I don't find this credible. Mining is not the type of profession where you find long distance runners. No way

Not Sure - Not only did I find it credible, it is credible. Perhaps there was some confusion mixing up what he raced or ran above ground and what he ran in the mine, but he did run down there and survived, emotionally and health wise.

Good uplifting story in this month of nasty political TV ads in this country - USA.

Since this is letsrun, you know someone had to take a swipe at him. All the other posts were positive or positive and humorous.

Video posted of mine conditions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC9OeOG9pnQ

[quote]Night Runner wrote:

Not Sure - Not only did I find it credible, it is credible. Perhaps there was some confusion mixing up what he raced or ran above ground and what he ran in the mine, but he did run down there and survived, emotionally and health wise.

Miners do NOT have the extra time or energy to waste on long distance running.

How do you know it is credible? Because you believe everything the media tells you? Because so many miners are distance runners? Really. What makes you fell you can that that you know this is credible?

Not Sure wrote: How do you know it is credible? Because you believe everything the media tells you? Because so many miners are distance runners? Really. What makes you fell you can that that you know this is credible?

I feel sorry for fools, like you, who automatically discredit everything.

What makes YOU fell you can that that you know this is NOT credible?

Cough up your rationale so we can rip it to shreds. You can't demand someone else telling you their reasoning without providing your own first. Fair, is, fair.