[blaze33]

The Man vs Horse marathon is interesting but in a real race we have no actual chance of winning.

There are horse endurance races where the winner arrived in 7,5 hours after 160km[1]. That's a sub 2-hours marathon almost 4 times in a row (not to mention with a guy on your back).

[1] https://eatnstays.com/uaes-almazrouei-wins-almutadil-cup-at-...

[stephencanon]

“in a real race we have no actual chance of winning” is an absolutely wild thing to say in response to a link to a real race in which the human has won the last few years in a row.

[fontain]

The race is pretty much designed to be a difficult for horses as possible to give humans a chance. Except for the parts that are extremely difficult for horses, horses steamroll the human competitors.

https://youtu.be/FY9Ee6-CIFM?t=342

[projektfu]

I think it implies that the best competitors are not participating.

[goodmythical]

Neither are the best humans in that particular race.

[projektfu]

Fair, but if you had a cycle vs foot race where one wasn't consistently on top, you'd probably say it wasn't a real competition.

[November_Echo]

That time doesn't include most of the 40-50 minutes the horse must rest between laps. The total time from start to finish was just over 11 hours.

https://www.enduranceonline.it/live/cat/V.php?gara_id=1911&v...