Re:Bar-tailed Godwits regularly travel more than 7,000 miles...
by Lhiw on Monday November 15, 2021 @10:11AM
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Humans can effectively run forever if it weren't for needing sleep, or eventually, needing to replace fat stores.
> Previous estimates, when accounting for glycogen depletion, suggest that a human could run at about a 10 minute per mile pace, which allows existing fat stores to be converted to glycogen, forever. The only limit to our eventual mileage, therefore, is our need for sleep.
https://nikomccarty.medium.com/how-far-can-humans-run-d5c97f...
> Previous estimates, when accounting for glycogen depletion, suggest that a human could run at about a 10 minute per mile pace, which allows existing fat stores to be converted to glycogen, forever. The only limit to our eventual mileage, therefore, is our need for sleep. https://nikomccarty.medium.com/how-far-can-humans-run-d5c97f...