Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race

Re:Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon... by whycome on Sunday April 26, 2026 @05:45PM (#47914943)

It’s also confusing that most nutritional labels say “calories” (Cal) when they really mean kilocalories (kcal). And those are different from regular (‘small’) calories (a measure of energy needed to heat 1g water 1c).

1 food calorie as listed on a food label is enough to heat 1kg of water by 1c

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Re:Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon... by schoen on Sunday April 26, 2026 @10:29PM (#47917082)

This was the explanation for why the scotch and soda diet doesn't work:

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2008/11/16/the-mensa-diet/

(If the nutritional calories in the drink had been only the same number of thermodynamic calories, the drink would have been energetically negative for the body because of its low temperature.)

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Re:Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon... by estomagordo on Monday April 27, 2026 @02:36AM (#47918386)

Yeah, I assume this dumbification is spearheaded by the Americans.

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