Tuesday, 4. March 2003
Topic: - on March 4, 2003 at 6:46:31 PM CET
1,000 mile marathon tests endurance
Six runners set off on a marathon attempt today to each complete 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours.
Making the challenge even harder, the runners will have to complete one mile every hour to avoid disqualification, reducing sleep to a minimum, said the race's official website www.1000milechallenge.com.
The four men and two women aim to reproduce a feat achieved almost 200 years ago by British army captain Robert Barclay for a wager of 100,000 pounds, equivalent to 40 million pounds today, the website said.
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