Another pointless world record is safe until further notice

Posted on Fri Jun 22, 2007 at 02:51:34 PM EST in Other Sports
More on: running, endurance, world record, dumb (all tags)

Well, we know that all you faithful readers were mesmerized by Thursday's compelling story of Dean Karnazes' world record attempt of running over 153.76 miles in 24 hours on a treadmill located in Times Square. It is a gripping tale, we must admit. Unfortunately, it is a story with an unhappy ending.

Karnazes came up a little short in his attempt as he could only manage to run 148 miles by the end of the day. But, we're going to give him some serious props for giving it a shot. Who we are not going to congratulate however is TheMilwaukeeChannel.com because they can't even do basic math.

The man who tried to break the world record for most miles run on a treadmill in 24 hours missed his goal by a marathon.

Last time we checked, 153.76-148=5.76; not 26, which is the number of miles in a marathon. So, either their algebra is all screwy or they simply have no idea what a marathon is. Either way, they look stupid and worse, they've made our boy Karnazes look like a chump. This is Mr. Endurance we're talking about. Show some respect and at least get your facts straight.

Links:
[TheMilwaukeeChannel.com]: Man Fails To Break Record For Miles Run On Treadmill

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