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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by enonevets on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @04:22AM (#21068839)
Ultramarathons (full 100 miles) usually takes between 24-30 hours according to one source (WaPo). I'm guessing you're thinking of regular 26.2 mile marathons.
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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by zimpenfish on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @06:23AM (#21069347)
To be wildly pedantic, an ultramarathon is anything over 42.2km (26.2mi). It's perfectly possible to do an ultra with an Apple Watch if you're only going 50km (even I can manage 50km within the 8h battery life.)
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Re:Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Wat... by arrrg on Thursday September 26, 2019 @04:10AM (#21079128)
Yeah, ok, no you can’t do that with an Apple Watch. Seems an alright trade-off for Apple to make. The amount of people running ultra-marathons is probably miniscule.
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