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After some intensive theorycrafting i've decided that this is the order that I would attempt this:
1: 26.2 victories in starcraft and the 26.2 sets of pull ups, one set of pull ups after each victory. There is certainly room for some of the Crispy cremes and liquor here but not all of it. I would recommend drinking a moderate amount at the beginning of the session so that the liquor and sugar can pass through during the 5+ hour gaming session. The reason that I place the pull ups with the SC2 session is to add some physical activity to the otherwise immobile part of this challenge.
2. After the starcraft session Tyler will have to face the marathon, I think he could eat a few crispy cremes here too but not too sure about how many and probably no alcohol here, just water for hydration
3. The remaining Crispy cremes and alcohol, with any luck he can drink a fair bit of alcohol during the beginning of the gaming part of this challenge, so that he can lower the standard drinks required down below 18 or so. This part will be truly difficult to complete and would leave any person in a rough state.
I hope he can do it but it could get ugly before the end, this could be the hardest nerd-athlon ever attempted!
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Tyler, thanks so much for being so open and honest about your condition and situation, we love you and support you man! I look forward to this crazy marathon!
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On August 24 2011 10:31 FiWiFaKi wrote:
3) As for drinking I'm not really sure what classifies as a drink. At a normal party shotgunning 12 cans of beer will leave you good for a night, 15-16 to be pretty wasted for a casual party person. Nony seems to like drinking so something like 16 seems possible within a time frame of 3 hours, but having 26 hours will let you sober up and you can drink the last 10 in the last few hours. And if a shot is considered a drink, well that's even easier, as a shot is 60-70% of a beer.
I'm pretty sure at Duke University when doing this challenge(where he mentioned it originated from) they used cheap light beer aka Miller light, Coors light, Bud light, or the almighty Natural Light and all have an alcohol content of 4.2% by volume. (1 can = 12oz x 4.2 = 50.4). A standard bottle of vodka, rum, whisky, and gin are usually 40% by volume. ( 1 Shot = 1.5oz x 40 = 60) He mentioned using a flavored vodka from the Alaskan Distillery which will probably be 35% by volume like many flavored alcohols including spiced rum(captain morgan) so that would probably be best to compare to the challenge his friends did back at school (1 shot = 1 Shot x 35 = 52.4 )
That's crazy if you party with people who can do 22 or so shots in 3 hours considering you viewed a shots as as low as 60%. I need to make a trip up to Canada and learn how to drink :D
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Tyler, if you're actually going to attempt this, you should open a 2+2 thread and try to get some odds. That guy who ate like a billion hot dogs in a month got paid off very handsomely. 
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Puke 26.2 times ? i like the idea and i support you sweating like ever before ! :D:D
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On August 24 2011 16:20 Stabby.aus wrote:
After some intensive theorycrafting i've decided that this is the order that I would attempt this:
1: 26.2 victories in starcraft and the 26.2 sets of pull ups, one set of pull ups after each victory. There is certainly room for some of the Crispy cremes and liquor here but not all of it. I would recommend drinking a moderate amount at the beginning of the session so that the liquor and sugar can pass through during the 5+ hour gaming session. The reason that I place the pull ups with the SC2 session is to add some physical activity to the otherwise immobile part of this challenge.
2. After the starcraft session Tyler will have to face the marathon, I think he could eat a few crispy cremes here too but not too sure about how many and probably no alcohol here, just water for hydration
3. The remaining Crispy cremes and alcohol, with any luck he can drink a fair bit of alcohol during the beginning of the gaming part of this challenge, so that he can lower the standard drinks required down below 18 or so. This part will be truly difficult to complete and would leave any person in a rough state.
I hope he can do it but it could get ugly before the end, this could be the hardest nerd-athlon ever attempted!
I would definitely start with half (!) the marathon, then play the games and eat while regenrating, doing some pull ups meanwhile. Once you are done with that, run the other half and spend the rest of the time eating, drinking and throwing up.
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This is quite a mighty challenge, I don't think he realizes just how hard it is gonna be lol. There is gonna have to be a specific order to it as well. He isn't gonna be able to run the miles after drinking the grog or eating the donuts, so he is either gonna have to get the running out of the way before he starts drinking/eating or he can have a few drinks/donuts, play some sc2 and start running once it wears off. There is no way he can run that after drinking or eating, he WILL throw up if he trys to run that whilst pissed.
The chinups will be the hardest part because, like someone said, there is no way to 'pace yourself' or plan it out strategically, you can either do 26 chinups in a row or you cant. He might have to break his rule and do more sets but less per set.
If I was gonna do it my plan of attack would probably be to down a few drinks/donuts at the start, play a few hours of starcraft to let that shit wear off (and to knock a few hours off sc2 as well) with maybe some chinups in between games. Then I would try run either the whole marathon or at least half of it, with maybe a game or two of starcraft in between. Then just pace myself with starcraft, chinups, donuts and booze. There is no way you can run 26 miles with booze and donuts in your system without absolutely destroying yourself.
Speaking of which, as a 100% serious suggestion, if you know of anyone with some medical knowledge to have on standby whilst you do this, then I would strongly encourage you to do so. You are gonna push your body to the limits, so at the bare minimum make sure you have plenty of people with you to help you out if you get in a bind (which you probably will assuming you see this challenge through).
Anyway, I will definitely watch this in December if I can, and will be majorally impressed if you can pull it off.
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The 26.2 12 oz. beers (or equivalent) alone is enough to cause real injury or death in a lot of people, and Tyler isn't a particularly big guy. Add the physical stress and dehydration of the marathon/pullups and the lack of sleep, and it's almost like this challenge is designed to be dangerous.
As admirable as it is that Tyler wants to do something extremely difficult just because he can, but we probably shouldn't encourage this.
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On August 24 2011 19:06 Omnipresent wrote:
The 26.2 12 oz. beers (or equivalent) alone is enough to cause real injury or death in a lot of people, and Tyler isn't a particularly big guy. Add the physical stress and dehydration of the marathon/pullups and the lack of sleep, and it's almost like this challenge is designed to be dangerous.
As admirable as it is that Tyler wants to do something extremely difficult just because he can, we probably shouldn't encourage this.
It's the zealot code, man. You only live twice.
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On August 24 2011 19:06 Omnipresent wrote:
The 26.2 12 oz. beers (or equivalent) alone is enough to cause real injury or death in a lot of people, and Tyler isn't a particularly big guy. Add the physical stress and dehydration of the marathon/pullups and the lack of sleep, and it's almost like this challenge is designed to be dangerous.
As admirable as it is that Tyler wants to do something extremely difficult just because he can, we probably shouldn't encourage this.
Maybe he should stick to 26.2 standard drinks? I dunno how it works in the US, but in Australia when you buy a bottle of beer its usually about 1.3-1.5 standard drinks. 26.2 standard drinks is tough but doable, 26 beers would probably ground a bear.
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On August 24 2011 19:48 Ryder. wrote:Show nested quote +On August 24 2011 19:06 Omnipresent wrote:
The 26.2 12 oz. beers (or equivalent) alone is enough to cause real injury or death in a lot of people, and Tyler isn't a particularly big guy. Add the physical stress and dehydration of the marathon/pullups and the lack of sleep, and it's almost like this challenge is designed to be dangerous.
As admirable as it is that Tyler wants to do something extremely difficult just because he can, we probably shouldn't encourage this.
Maybe he should stick to 26.2 standard drinks? I dunno how it works in the US, but in Australia when you buy a bottle of beer its usually about 1.3-1.5 standard drinks. 26.2 standard drinks is tough but doable, 26 beers would probably ground a bear.
In the US, a "drink" is usually a 12 oz. (5%) beer, a glass of wine (4-6 oz depending on alcohol content), or 1.5 oz (~40%) liquor in either a shot or mixed. 1 oz is ~30 mL.
If he stuck to weak beer or used smaller shots, it wouldn't be nearly as bad. Either way, it's a lot of drinking, a lot of physical activity, and no sleep.
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On August 24 2011 19:06 Omnipresent wrote:
The 26.2 12 oz. beers (or equivalent) alone is enough to cause real injury or death in a lot of people, and Tyler isn't a particularly big guy. Add the physical stress and dehydration of the marathon/pullups and the lack of sleep, and it's almost like this challenge is designed to be dangerous.
As admirable as it is that Tyler wants to do something extremely difficult just because he can, we probably shouldn't encourage this.
Yeah my thoughts exactly... that's simply too much alcohol...
Rest of the challenge seems cool tho .
Good luck tyler!
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You guys are all forgetting the fact that he has 26 hours to drink that much alcohol.
I'm not sure about drinks in the US but in australia in a 340ml bottle at 5.1% that's 1.3 standard drinks. The average male can process 1 standard drink in the every hour. So if he had one of those every hour. At the end of the day he'll only have 8ish standard drinks in him. That's about 6 beers worth.
Thats an ideal situation but still... Its totally plausible. Albeit his liver will be strained :D
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On August 24 2011 18:02 Ryder. wrote:
The chinups will be the hardest part because, like someone said, there is no way to 'pace yourself' or plan it out strategically, you can either do 26 chinups in a row or you cant. He might have to break his rule and do more sets but less per set.
The plan was 26,2 sets of 10 repetitions. So, he would be able to perform 10 reps of chin-ups comfortably in order to even be close to succeeding, but not 26.
However, as I said earlier, one set of 10 chin-ups may be easy. Now... after having done 8-10+++ sets, things get really hard. Normally you would not perform more than 3-4 sets in a day. The only way I see this happening is if Tyler trains enough so that he can do 10 chin-ups ridiculously easy, and it only reaches like 10-25% of his max pulling weight. If it's any tougher for him than that, his muscles will become fatigued after a handful of sets.
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I have to say, this is an inspiration. Good luck Tyler.
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EDIT: buncha sissies in here seriously. sorry
Its not that hard for a regular drinker to drink 26.2 drinks in 26.2 hours.
Hes not going to fucking die. Spend a year in residence and you will find at least 1 person in your building who does this every weekend. I've cleanly polished off 26ers (750ml) of 40% captain Morgans gold rum in much less time on really good Saturdays. - admittedly with serious symptoms. Which is far beyond the expectations of that section of the challenge.
Eating doughnuts is not fatal for a healthy individual. At the worst he will vomit and no this does not count as a disqualification. - In fact nothing counts as a disqualification.
Its nice to read peoples ideas on a good strategy. Its not nice to read someone say something like: "I hope he has a strategy. If he blends the doughnuts and mixes it with all 26 drinks and funnels the whole thing at once while he is running then he is going to DIE!" well no shit its a bad idea but he's not going to die. You think a pro starcraft player isn't going to have a strategy?
Don't say its impossible. IMO the hardest parts are the pull ups and the doughnuts. He can do the marathon in 3 - 4 segments and not really get tired but the pull ups take a real toll on your muscles. Something that you wont get back from resting. He will have to be in pretty good shape. The doughnuts well.. its just hard to eat when your full but honestly a doughnut an hour isn't that much food. You will just feel stuffed by the end which is uncomfortable. This is so doable. All you need is will power strong biceps, good cardio, and reckless abandon.
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On August 24 2011 20:50 Dystisis wrote:Show nested quote +On August 24 2011 18:02 Ryder. wrote:
The chinups will be the hardest part because, like someone said, there is no way to 'pace yourself' or plan it out strategically, you can either do 26 chinups in a row or you cant. He might have to break his rule and do more sets but less per set. The plan was 26,2 sets of 10 repetitions. So, he would be able to perform 10 reps of chin-ups comfortably in order to even be close to succeeding, but not 26. However, as I said earlier, one set of 10 chin-ups may be easy. Now... after having done 8-10+++ sets, things get really hard. Normally you would not perform more than 3-4 sets in a day. The only way I see this happening is if Tyler trains enough so that he can do 10 chin-ups ridiculously easy, and it only reaches like 10-25% of his max pulling weight. If it's any tougher for him than that, his muscles will become fatigued after a handful of sets.
Yeah, I think this is going to be the hardest part of the challenge. I can do 10 pull-ups, then do another 10 maybe half an hour later, but then my arms are pretty fatigued and I would need a much longer rest to get another 10. I have no doubt that Tyler is a lot more fit than I am, but he's going to need incredible endurance to get through 262 pull-ups in a day.
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Yeah, the biggest hurdle will be the pull-ups.
Not sure whether I will be able to pull that through (hah),
however in case I cannot do any pull-ups anymore,
I'll take my freedom to switch to the sissy variant:
26,2 sets of 10 push-ups (with good form of course).
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On August 24 2011 21:47 ComaDose wrote:
Don't say its impossible. IMO the hardest parts are the pull ups and the doughnuts. He can do the marathon in 3 - 4 segments and not really get tired but the pull ups take a real toll on your muscles. Something that you wont get back from resting. He will have to be in pretty good shape. The doughnuts well.. its just hard to eat when your full but honestly a doughnut an hour isn't that much food. You will just feel stuffed by the end which is uncomfortable. This is so doable. All you need is will power strong biceps, good cardio, and reckless abandon.
This is also what I've been thinking. Doing 10 pull-ups is already not "that" easy for an untrained individual. I do 3-4 sets of 12 repetitions twice a weak and I seriously doubt I could do 26 on a single day in the near future. And I plan on doing a triathlon in the next year as I have no problems doing the swimming, cycling and running...only have to get faster to not finish somewhat decent.
If you want to do these 26 x 10 AND do all the other stuff, then you really have to do some very serious workout. I'd say weight training at the very least 4 times a weak. Because if you want to be able to do 26 x 10 and have enough energy left for the rest you can't afford to get too exhausted by that.
I don't think the doughnuts are that big of a problem. If you eat them immediately after the pull-ups, the body is still set to burn lots of calories quickly. And you can also swallow the rest of them in the last hour...since it doesn't really matter if you throw up afterwards anyways.
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They are pretty mutually exclusive work outs.
Exhausted bicep muscles will hardly impact your running and tired legs wont stop you from pulling yourself up.
Obviously don't change while you are out of breath or anything :S
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