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British Astronaut Competes in London Marathon from ISS (cnn.com)
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"British astronaut Tim Peake became the first man to complete a marathon in space on Sunday, running the classic 26.2 mile distance while strapped to a treadmill aboard the International Space Station..." reports Reuters. "The 44-year-old spaceman saw London's roads under his feet in real time on an iPad as, 250 miles below him, more than 37,000 runners simultaneously pounded the streets."
Meanwhile, in a show of solidarity, two earth-bound runners ran the marathon wearing space suits.
CNN notes that Peake "ran the race for real in 1999," but this time competed with avatars that represented actual runners who were using the Run Social app. His zero-gravity run took longer -- more than three and a half hours -- while a Kenyan runner ultimately won the race, completing the whole 26.2-mile course in just two hours, three minutes and four seconds, the second-fastest time ever recorded.
CNN notes that Peake "ran the race for real in 1999," but this time competed with avatars that represented actual runners who were using the Run Social app. His zero-gravity run took longer -- more than three and a half hours -- while a Kenyan runner ultimately won the race, completing the whole 26.2-mile course in just two hours, three minutes and four seconds, the second-fastest time ever recorded.
Who gives a flying fuck about this story? I sure as hell don't care. Why is EditorDavid still employed? He picks the worst stories and posts them. Bring back sampenzus and Soulskill.
"British Astronaut Jumps the Shark in Space" would be a better title. It's time to deorbit that money pit in the sky.
Although on the treadmill, Peake stayed in place; during his three hours, 32 minutes, and 21 seconds run, the tin can that he was floating in traveled roughly 61,490 miles.
In a straight line, roughly a quarter of the way to the Moon.
I've been part of the "couch contingent" of the marathon for a couple of years now. A lot of people don't know this but I've played in the Super Bowl several times as well. And I don't mean just watching it on the television. I am in my living room playing right along with the other players. It really is a team effort.
When is Obama gonna run? You know they run even faster when the cops are behind them.
While it would be quite a feat to run a marathon in spacesuits, those are just white dresses with a spacesuit painted on them.
This seems really reckless to me - running a marathon puts the body under huge stress and some medical emergency is the last thing you want in the ISS. Why was this even allowed?
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People have run multiple marathons on the space station before this. I'd Google it, but I'm on my phone. In space.
When I first saw the headline, I thought he was running from ISIS.
"The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old......They literally know nothing." - Ben Rhodes
Note that Peake is not the first person to do this-- Suni Williams ran the 2007 Boston Marathon in the ISS.
There is nobody on the ISS. All fake. He is probably holed up in a backlot somewhere.
Well isn't this just extremely exciting!!!