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>> Running burns about 100 Calories

Totally depends on the runner. An 85lb female athlete will burn X per km. A 300lb male, covering the same distance/speed, will burn at least 4X and probably 6X.

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For the sake of their joints I hope a 300 pound male isn't running long distances.

Seriously doubt there are 300lb dudes running many ultra marathons. I recently read that book by the ex marine dude who did them. He was a freak in the low-mid 200s and he talks about how he destroyed his body pushing thru it. On top of it runners have sugar and whatnot they eat on the way, so op was making a conservative estimate.

Are you talking about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Goggins? If so his wikipedia article is fcking hilarious. Someone should coin a term for people who write self-aggrandizing hyperbolic autobiographical wikipedia entries.

Holy shit your comment made me curious about the Wikipedia entry, and boy oh boy were you spot on! Hahahaha

I was curious so I just read it - even if half of it is true, he’s an incredible individual.

In what way is it hyperbolic?

Thanks for supporting my point lol

The article may have some strangely worded parts but he seems to be an incredibly strong willed and determined person going from a fat slob gulping down milkshakes (paraphrasing his words) to a seal and an ultra runner.

He was on Joe Rogan at least twice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tSTk1083VY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvWB7B8tXK8

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