Re: Crazy bets by pro gamblers
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Any serious runner should be able to run a mile in 4.30 ... the world record is 3.43! And 26 x 4 1/2 = 1h 57m which is under the marathon record.
He'd lose if he offered that bet to anyone who was genuinely an athlete.
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I think it would be pretty difficult for even an elite runner to go out and run a 4:30 every day for 26 days. Back when I was in good shape I ran a 4:01 1500 which equates to about a 4:20 mile, and doing a 4:30 definitely wasn't easy for me. It was almost as tough and exhausting as doing a 4:20. Even if the criterion for me were upped to 4:45 I probably couldn't have lasted much more than week at this without major fatigue and serious risk of injury.
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