TIL there's a marathon run at 1210 meters below sea level.

6 months ago by Quilotoa to c/til

The World's Deepest Marathon is a record breaking challenge to run a full marathon, 1,120 meters below sea level.
Eggscellent 52 points 6 months ago

"On October 25th 2025, 55 intrepid runners took on an extraordinary challenge: to run the deepest marathon ever run. Covering 42.2km within the Garpenberg Zinc Mine in Sweden, they descended to a staggering depth of 1,120 metres below sea level. No one had attempted a marathon at this depth before. Participants endured temperatures of 24°C and 72% humidity, in total silence and ran in complete darkness with only their head torches for light."

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FinjaminPoach 13 points 6 months ago
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lemonhead2 26 points 6 months ago

it was organized by a mining company to showcase modern mining safety and environmental standards

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northernlights 8 points 6 months ago

That's pretty creative

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Nomad 10 points 6 months ago

Badass

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Sibbo 4 points 6 months ago

So can you run a better time because you get more oxygen with each breath?

I guess the 24°C is a bit warm for a marathon, but assuming that temperature was not a limiting factor?

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sem 8 points 6 months ago

Heavy assumption for a distance race

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HellieSkellie 3 points 6 months ago

I had to go look up more informarion (link)

but it sounds like the stagnant air in the mineshaft would actually naturally inhibit running. They had to actively pump in fresh air from the surface down to the mineshaft during the marathon

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Quilotoa 4 points 6 months ago

All the mines around here do that for the workers anyway.

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