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发帖数: 558 | 2 about the marathon monks: are you up to the 1000 day challenge? Is it possible?
"The ultimate achievement is the completion of the 1,000-day challenge,
which must surely be the most demanding physical and mental challenge in the
world. Forget ultra-marathons and so-called iron-man events, this endurance
challenge surpasses all others.
Only 46 men have completed the 1,000-day challenge since 1885. It takes
seven years to complete, as the monks must undergo other Buddhist training
in meditation and calligraphy, and perform general duties within the temple.
The first 300 days are basic training, during which the monks run 40km per
day for 100 consecutive days. In the fourth and fifth years they run 40km
each day for 200 consecutive days. That's more or less a full marathon every
day for more than six months.
The final two years of the 1000-day challenge are even more daunting. In the
sixth year they run 60km each day for 100 consecutive days and in the
seventh year they run 84km each day for 100 consecutive days. This is the
equivalent of running two Olympic marathons back-to-back every day for 100
days. "
http://www.howtobefit.com/tendai-marathon-monks.htm |
