Chain-Smoking Chinese Runner Completes Marathon in 3.5 Hours

[RugersGR8]

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https://www.breitbart.com/sports/20...-chinese-runner-completes-marathon-3-5-hours/

 

[retrieverman]

I’ve never smoked a cigarette in my life, and I bet I couldn’t run a marathon in 3 days.

 

[GC7]

Boss Mode

 

[swampratt]

The body gets used to functioning on less oxygen and many smokers can hold their breath for very long periods of time.

This to me is nothing out of the ordinary.

 

[TedKennedy]

The body gets used to functioning on less oxygen and many smokers can hold their breath for very long periods of time.

This to me is nothing out of the ordinary.

Long-distance runner/former smoker here.

You are wrong, this is not ordinary. Your cardiovascular system does get used to some changes, but smoking absolutely impedes effective breathing.

 

[swampratt]

The people I hung around always competed with each other it's a guy thing.
The smokers could hold their breath much longer under water than the non smokers.
Maybe they just had more lung capacity.

 

[montesa]

Time to learn mandarin. My best time is 4 hours and I only smoked one pack.

 

[montesa]

The body gets used to functioning on less oxygen and many smokers can hold their breath for very long periods of time.

This to me is nothing out of the ordinary.

Some athletes train with snorkels.

 

[montesa]

The people I hung around always competed with each other it's a guy thing.
The smokers could hold their breath much longer under water than the non smokers.
Maybe they just had more lung capacity.

Did they have less body fat?

 

[swampratt]

Did they have less body fat?

They had more fat and one was an alcoholic.
Maybe their hearts beat slower I don't know.