Ashman- run 70 miles, 24 hours prop bet

According to www.twitter.com/BoostedJ (https://www.twoplustwo.com/www.twitter.com/BoostedJ) there was a spur of the moment bet involving Ashman (Ashton Griffin) where "almost $1M" was bet against him being able to run 70 miles in 24 hours. He apparently just won it with 45 minutes left to spare. Sicko. mod edit - (August 8, 2011) Here is the blog post about it. Just linking here for convenience. http://www.cardrunners.com/blog/internet... (http://www.cardrunners.com/blog/internetpokers/the-million-dollar-bet-pt-1) Rules:

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6 minute mile is way harder than people think. I've always been in very, very good shape. I'm in my 40's and top 1% ish or so for my age fitness wise. Lean and small and naturally good at running too. Although I haven't trained it specifically in over 20 years. Ran track and cross country in high school. I could do it anytime when I was under 25. Back then I was close to a 40 minute 10k, so I could hold that speed for a few miles. There might have been a couple of peaks since then when I could. In high school and college aged athletes it should be very common. In adult men over 25 I'd say only the ones who prioritize middle distance speed running can do it, and even then, it's only the fast ones. Most people that run recreationally are much slower. You're average sporty guy who isn't a serious runner might run a 3 minute 800m (half mile) but he also very likely can't even do that. Amongst women it's very rare. Probably only women who take running seriously and are in their prime are doing this. I'd be curious what the average mile time is of something like a WNBA player. AI says a 6 minute mile is the top 10-15% of men who actively run/race. And less than 1% of adult males overall. Sounds right.

by Carnivore m (https://www.twoplustwo.com/post?postId=59400323#post59400323)

6 minute mile is much tougher than most people realize. ..

There’s a huge difference between running a single 6 minute mile and maintaining an average of 6 mins per mile through an entire race. Back in high school, when I was in excellent condition, my best mile was 5:48 and I almost collapsed at the finish line.

When I was on the wrestling team, everyone HAD to complete the run in under 6 minutes or they had to run it again. I managed to do it daily, and even had one kid manage a 4:30!. After watching Doug Polk’s YouTube video, he suggests it was a hustle and that many believed it couldn’t possibly be done. I wonder if anyone ever checked whether the treadmill had been tampered with.

A huge majority of males hit their athletic peak in high school. Top high school athletes are pretty close to their athletic potential peak as it is. Usually they lack experience, and as they mature they typically get stronger but the speed is usually a tradeoff. By even their late 20's top athletes are typically losing speed. And high school wrestlers are typically some of the fittest athletes. I'm only surprised that you say all of them had to do it, because I wouldn't expect it of the heavyweights (whatever exactly that is in high school wrestling I don't know). If you took that same group of high school wrestlers, and had them do the same test 10 years later at age 27 ish, I wouldn't be surprised to see almost all of them fail. The exception being those who continued to take their fitness seriously.