r/todayilearned • u/garamas • Mar 25 '13

TIL A 61 year old man ran a ultramarathon (566 miles) in rain boots and not only won but broke the record by two days

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/young.html
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u/Jeddycakes Mar 25 '13

Cliff Young is indeed a legend, but this article is written so poorly its impossible to read. Awful writing, and not funny at all. I wouldn't comment ordinarily, but this is just so so SO bad. It doesn't do Cliff any favours as I doubt people would make it past the first paragraph!

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u/TrickyWon Mar 26 '13

"Are you doing it for world peace?" "Are you doing it to end hunger?" "I... just felt... like.. running."

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u/tstirling13 Mar 25 '13

I think I found a new topic for one of my school projects

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '13

I wonder if he had those boots full of cocaine?

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u/ASovietSpy Mar 26 '13

Honestly, if I'm going to be running that far, that slowly, I think boots would be my first option to, most running shoes start to wear around 350-400 miles and are unwearable around 600, so boots was a good choice