Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoTIL there's a marathon run at 1210 meters below sea level.www.worldsdeepestmarathon.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down11
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkTIL there's a marathon run at 1210 meters below sea level.www.worldsdeepestmarathon.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squareSibbo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 days agoSo can you run a better time because you get more oxygen with each breath? I guess the 24°C is a bit warm for a marathon, but assuming that temperature was not a limiting factor?
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·16 days agoHeavy assumption for a distance race
minus-squareHellieSkellie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoI had to go look up more informarion (link) but it sounds like the stagnant air in the mineshaft would actually naturally inhibit running. They had to actively pump in fresh air from the surface down to the mineshaft during the marathon
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 days agoAll the mines around here do that for the workers anyway.
So can you run a better time because you get more oxygen with each breath?
I guess the 24°C is a bit warm for a marathon, but assuming that temperature was not a limiting factor?
Heavy assumption for a distance race
I had to go look up more informarion (link)
but it sounds like the stagnant air in the mineshaft would actually naturally inhibit running. They had to actively pump in fresh air from the surface down to the mineshaft during the marathon
All the mines around here do that for the workers anyway.