# Fancy doing ten marathons in 3.5 days?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 17, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-doing-ten-marathons-in-3-5-days/827931 "2019-01-17T15:16:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-doing-ten-marathons-in-3-5-days/827931/1 "2019-01-17T15:16:00Z")

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[Jasmine Paris](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/46906115) did. And she broke the previous record by 12 hours, and broke the women’s record by 29 hours - over a day.

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**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-doing-ten-marathons-in-3-5-days/827931/2 "2019-01-17T15:28:00Z")

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Not really.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-doing-ten-marathons-in-3-5-days/827931/3 "2019-01-17T17:46:59Z")

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Another of those inspiring achievements that I have absolutely no desire to emulate.

I don’t even like to _drive_ that far. Yes, it is a remarkable tribute to the strength of the human spirit. Can I go back to sleep now?

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-doing-ten-marathons-in-3-5-days/827931/4 "2019-01-17T17:58:20Z")

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That is quite amazing. I’ve never even done half of that in 3 1/2 days [/humblebrag] The nutsest thing about it is the sleep deprivation.