“Dean Karnazes might just be the fittest man in the world,” writes Men’s Fitness
(March 2006). An internationally recognized endurance athlete and
bestselling author, Dean Karnazes has pushed his body and mind to
inconceivable limits. Among his many accomplishments, he has run 350
continuous miles, foregoing sleep for three nights. He’s run across
Death Valley in 126 degree temperatures, and he’s run a marathon to the
South Pole in negative 40 degrees. On seven different occasions, he’s
run a 200-mile relay race solo, racing alongside teams of twelve. Dean
has swum across the San Francisco Bay, scaled Half Dome in Yosemite,
mountain-biked for 24-hours straight, surfed the gigantic waves off the
coast of Hawaii, and is an accomplished windsurfer. Dean is a Ten-time
Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run Silver Buckle winner, has
competed across the globe, and is the 2004 Badwater Ultramarathon
champion, considered: ‘The World’s Toughest Footrace."
.....But can he do this?
He told Scott Dunlop: "So, on these longs runs I resort to highly refined foods and calorie
dense items, like pizza and pie. During one 200-mile run we kept a food
log, and I consumed 28,000 calories in 46 hours and 17 minutes of
running. And I still lost five pounds!"
Dean is part superman and nutball. Seeing as I can do none of these things, I'm in awe.
LINK - Dean's Official Site
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