{"id":953,"date":"2017-11-08T14:23:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T22:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?p=953"},"modified":"2017-11-08T14:33:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T22:33:23","slug":"a-conversation-with-the-fittest-runner-ive-ever-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/a-conversation-with-the-fittest-runner-ive-ever-met\/","title":{"rendered":"A Conversation with the Fittest Runner I\u2019ve ever met"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BlueIt may seem like a heavy statement to say \u201cThe Fittest Runner<\/b> I\u2019ve Ever met\u201d but in all the years of assessing the fitness of athletes (over two decades) this runner, Blue Benadum<\/b> has consistently tested off the charts in a VO2max<\/b> test, I\u2019m talking over 85 mls\/kg\/min<\/b>!\u00a0 <\/span>To put this in perspective,\u00a0 <\/span>a score that high would rank in the top 1% of the fittest athletes<\/b> in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

This does not necessarily mean the top performer in a category but, Blue is no slouch. He won the Lake Tahoe Triple Marathon<\/b> (3 consecutive marathons over 3 days) with an average finish of under 2:55 each. At the conclusion of the final marathon<\/b> (which was the fastest) he executed 100 air squats and 100 pushups on there finish line!\u00a0 <\/span>This weekend he\u2019ll participate in an IronMan<\/b> Triathlon<\/b> with less than 9 weeks of preparation on a borrowed bike.\u00a0 <\/span>You got to hear the entire story~<\/span><\/p>\n

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It may seem like a heavy statement to say \u201cThe Fittest Runner I\u2019ve Ever met\u201d but in all the years of assessing the fitness of athletes (over two decades) this runner, Blue Benadum has consistently tested off the charts in a VO2max test, I\u2019m talking over 85 mls\/kg\/min!\u00a0 To put this in perspective,\u00a0 a score…<\/p>\n

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