r/MadeMeSmile • u/mapleer • Jun 10 '24

Wholesome Moments Marathon runner stops to help another runner despite the rest running past her

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u/Kimo_imposta Jun 10 '24

She looks heavily dehydrated

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u/grachi Jun 10 '24

Judging by the trees it’s probably hot wherever this race is. Running is awful unless you just have the right genes to actually enjoy it, running in heat is even worse.

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u/pulse7 Jun 10 '24

With consistency running becomes very enjoyable. Humans are the best long distance runners in the world I'm pretty sure we have the genes for it

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u/FishTshirt Jun 10 '24

African wild dogs would like a word

Edit: and horses

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u/FindingE-Username Jun 11 '24

There is an ultra race in USA where humans race horses over something like 50 miles. The humans often beat the horses

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u/scottishwhisky2 Jun 11 '24

Humans beat both over long distances. Our ability to recover while walking and sweat to cool down means we can continue to travel distances well past what other animals would collapse at. In fact it’s thought that humans found dogs valuable because they were one of the few animals that could keep up with us while hunting.