How cold is too cold for a jog? For most people, below-freezing temperatures generally put a stop to outdoor exercise, but Siberian native Boris Fyodorov is not most people. Minutes after the calendar ticked over to 2014 this past New Year’s Eve, Fyodorov set off on a solo, out-and-back marathon run from his home in the Siberian village of Oymyakon, completing the 26.2-mile course ― his first marathon ― in just over five hours. During the run he experienced temperatures as low as -36 F (-38 C). And that was just the way he wanted it. "I [heard] about other marathons around the globe, naming themselves 'the coldest', like the most recent North Pole marathon with runners going at -28 C [-18 F]," Fyodorov told the Siberian Times. "I thought surely this cannot be right. Our Oymyakon is the coldest inhabited place in northern hemisphere. Why don't we arrange a marathon here?" Oymyakon is widely considered to be one of the coldest places on the planet, and its record-low temperature of -90 F, recorded in 1933, is tied for the coldest recorded temperature for any inhabited place on Earth. The average January temperature in the area is -50 C (-58 F). Not only did Fyodorov finish the marathon in high spirits, but he also wants it to be colder the next time he tries it. "I really want to organize [the] next Oymyakon marathon in January when the air goes down to -50 C or -60 C," he said. Fyodorov is not the first person to take on a cold-weather athletic challenge like this. In addition to the North Pole Marathon that he mentioned, the Antarctica Marathon is held every year in late February, taking runners on an out-and-back tour from Russia’s Bellingshausen Station. A second Antarctica event ― the Ice Marathon ― has been held at 80 degrees south since 2006.
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當(dāng)氣溫降到零度以下,相信多數(shù)人會(huì)拒絕戶外活動(dòng),但土生土長(zhǎng)的西伯利亞人鮑里斯?費(fèi)奧多羅夫是個(gè)例外。他在新年夜零下38攝氏度的低溫中跑完了單人馬拉松。 據(jù)美國(guó)媒體報(bào)道,2014新年鐘聲敲響后不久,費(fèi)奧多羅夫就從位于西伯利亞地區(qū)奧伊米亞康村的家中出發(fā),在零下38攝氏度的低溫下跑完了大約42公里的往返馬拉松。這是他第一次跑馬拉松,5個(gè)多小時(shí)跑完全程。 費(fèi)奧多羅夫說(shuō):“我聽說(shuō)世界上有別的自稱‘最冷的’馬拉松,比如說(shuō),“北極馬拉松”選手最近就挑戰(zhàn)了零下28攝氏度的低溫。我覺得這肯定不對(duì)。我們奧伊米亞康是北半球有人居住的最冷的地方。為什么我們不能在這兒安排一場(chǎng)馬拉松呢?” 奧伊米亞康被廣泛認(rèn)為是地球上最冷的地方之一,1933年創(chuàng)下的零下68攝氏度的低溫記錄,和地球上有人居住地方的低溫記錄持平。到了一月份,奧伊米亞康的平均氣溫為零下50攝氏度。 費(fèi)奧多羅夫不僅精神飽滿地跑完了這趟馬拉松,而且希望下次跑的時(shí)候更冷。“我想在1月份溫度降到零下50或60攝氏度的時(shí)候組織一場(chǎng)奧伊米亞康馬拉松,”他說(shuō)。 其實(shí)像費(fèi)奧多羅夫這樣喜歡在嚴(yán)寒中長(zhǎng)跑的人大有人在。除了上文提到的北極馬拉松以外,還有每年2月底的南極馬拉松,起點(diǎn)是俄羅斯的別林斯高晉南極考察站。另外,南極還有一項(xiàng)“冰上馬拉松”,提起來(lái)就叫人心“凍”。 相關(guān)閱讀 極端嚴(yán)寒天氣席卷美國(guó) 芝加哥變身“芝伯利亞” (信蓮 編輯:王琦琛)
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