Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL there's a marathon run at 1210 meters below sea level.www.worldsdeepestmarathon.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down11
arrow-up196arrow-down1external-linkTIL there's a marathon run at 1210 meters below sea level.www.worldsdeepestmarathon.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squareSibbo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-21 day 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-squareHellieSkellie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours 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-up2·13 hours agoAll the mines around here do that for the workers anyway.
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoHeavy assumption for a distance race
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?
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.
Heavy assumption for a distance race