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Dance Dance Revolution World Endurance Record Broken
Thanks to GamesAreFun for the news that 17 year-old Drew Gamble has broken the Dance Dance Revolution world endurance record by continuously playing the rhythm-action arcade game for 37½ hours. According to the story: "Initially started as a joint effort with his 16 year-old friend Chris Machado at the Space Balls Arcade in the Bend River Mall [in Oregon], Gamble danced on a Dance Dance Revolution Extreme machine for twenty hours after Machado was disqualified." A report at the Bend Bugle gives more detail, as it appears that "...around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, 17½ hours into the effort, Machado unfortunately was talked by some in the crowd to try a faster-tempo song, and couldn't keep his... feet hitting the right lit arrows in sequence." Fortunately, "Gamble soldiered on by himself, sticking to the slower-tempo songs, for the slow and steady win the race."
For those of you that will choose not to read the article, money was donated to this event for an outreach ministry that helps homeless or abused pregnant teens. So, at least the whole thing isn't THAT sad. :P
"Each time you smile, it'll only last awhile. Life may be scary, but it's only temporary."
All depends on where you started. Mine never gets much lower than the low 50s, even after a solid two-year buildup to a marathon, and more than a decade of running, biking, and swimming. Some people start that low when they're out of shape, and the truly genetically gifted get as low as the mid-30s with training. I think the all-time low is 28.
Consider yourself lucky if you're that low without trying!!