An ultra marathon is any race over 26.2 miles. They may be a fixed distance like 50, 100 or 150 miles or within a fixed amount of time, such as 24 hours. For the former, racers try to finish the distance within the shortest amount of time. For the latter, racers run as far as possible within a certain amount of time.
These races take place in all types of climates (from desert to snow) and all types of terrain (from mountains to sand). Now that I would classify as an extreme sport!
And guess who just broke the record for the 24 hour ultra-marathon on May 14, 2010? Vegan athlete Scott Jurek. He covered 165.7 miles in one full rotation of the earth. This guy eats between 5,000 and 8,000 calories a day is the 150 mile and upwards ultramarathon champ of our day.
Yes indeed boys and girls. Durek, as many vegan athletes before him have and after him will, once again breaks the stereotype of vegans being weak. It ain't no measily diet that fueled him for 24 hours!
Rock on, Jurek.
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