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Norwegian Man Runs Barefoot On The Snow To Set New World Record
Runner Jonas Felde Sevaldrud has reportedly broken a Guinness World Record after completing a half marathon run on ice in 1 hour, 44 minutes, and 58 seconds.
Norwegian runner Jonas Felde Sevaldrud has attempted to set a new world record after running a half marathon barefoot on the snow in 1 hour, 44 minutes, and 58 seconds. Sevaldrud shared the recording of his attempt to set the record on his YouTube channel with an interesting story behind his inspiration. Sevaldrud s attempt has yet not been considred by the Guinness World Record. But, the runner is confident about it and waiting for the officials to respond.
Man runs barefoot half marathon in the snow to break Guinness record. A Norwegian runner unofficially broke a Guinness World Record when he ran a half marathon in 1 hour, 44 minutes and 58 seconds while barefoot in the snow.
The Globe and Mail Published January 17, 2021
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Here’s one small way in which this highly unusual year is not so different from its predecessors: In the waning weeks of January, gyms are empty.
Every year, we resolve to mend our sedentary ways and exercise more. We know it’s good for us. We were born to leap and thrust and ramble across the savannah. So why do we abandon those resolutions so quickly and predictably?
That’s the question at the heart of a new book by Harvard University evolutionary anthropologist Daniel Lieberman.
Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding is, in some ways, a book full of excuses. Our aversion to wasting energy is hard-wired into our genes, he tells us: “Exhorting us to ‘Just Do It,’ ” he writes, “is about as helpful as telling a drug addict to ‘Just Say No.’ ”
âExercisedâ Review: Born to Run?
Thereâs something neurotic about our obsession with physical activity. A specialist in human locomotion offers some perspective. Photo: Getty Images Jan. 3, 2021 4:36 pm ET
Daniel E. Lieberman is one of the worldâs most outspoken experts on the effects of physical activity on the human body. So when I read the first pages of his new book, âExercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding,â I was surprised to find that he once hid in a closet to avoid gym class.
Doctors, fitness gurus and the media incessantly remind us that exercise leads to healthier and longer lives and thinner and more attractive bodies. We celebrate feats of sporting prowess and lavish attention upon superhero actors with near-pathologically cut torsos. So why, if this is all so good for us, do most of us have relationships with exercise that range from love-hate to hate-hate? Why do we