# I jumped rope for an hour straight

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 20, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-jumped-rope-for-an-hour-straight/715540 "2015-03-20T20:55:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-jumped-rope-for-an-hour-straight/715540/1 "2015-03-20T20:55:54Z")

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I attained rhythm

I attained endurance

I attained soggy shorts and sore feet

Yeah, I don’t feel as euphoric as when I ran my first ten mile (though unrelated circumstances may have diminished that). Can’t say for sure it was more trying, but it was more difficult. Took some zenlike state to not trip up even once.

Not happy with my tempo, which is a criticism I have for my jogs, but with jumprope there’s that constant indicator feedback.

Now to master that alternating step deal.

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**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-jumped-rope-for-an-hour-straight/715540/2 "2015-03-20T21:38:03Z")

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What?! I’m amazed when I can get to 200 jumps in a row!

An hour straight is commendable. Insane, but commendable.

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**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-jumped-rope-for-an-hour-straight/715540/3 "2015-03-21T02:41:59Z")

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You are 3% of the way to a world record! [Joey Motsay 33 hours, 20 minutes.](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-marathon-skipping/)

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-jumped-rope-for-an-hour-straight/715540/4 "2015-03-21T02:56:21Z")

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> [@Trancephalic](#):
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> Can’t say for sure it was more trying, but it was more difficult.

Um, what’s the difference between the two?

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**Author:** ![Whatever4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-jumped-rope-for-an-hour-straight/715540/5 "2015-03-21T03:08:14Z")

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Congrats! I tried jumping rope a while back, without much success. It was _hard_. I couldn’t get the bouncing right. And I could feel the flab flopping around. But it was seeing myself in the mirror that put an end to that particular exercise. It was so easy 50+ years ago.

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**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-jumped-rope-for-an-hour-straight/715540/6 "2015-03-21T21:47:01Z")

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Hah! Thanks, all. I didn’t think I set any sort of world record; just a personal one.

> [@Ambivalid](#):
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> Um, what’s the difference between the two?

I mean that I couldn’t brute force my way through like when jogging. This took, I dunno, composure?