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Originally Posted by zakthor
I know a guy that did it. He also does other secret insane races.
He is angry that after the documentary that suddenly Barkley has all the publicity, says it takes away from the purity of the event.
I'm glad people do stuff like this, but even more glad that I don't.
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I thought that the reason it was in the news is that there were multiple finishers this year, where in years past, it would be unusual to even have one participant finishing before the 60 hour time limit.
"The purity of the event" is kind of a funny sentiment for a physical test that makes grown men cry like babies. It's a funny world where individuals can endure harder and harder feats of mind over body but as a species (especially males) our threshold for any discomfort continues trending lower.