November 03, 2003

Seven marathons. Seven continents (sorta). Seven days.:

posted by Ufez Jones to extreme at 10:31 AM - 8 comments

Though impressive, Sir Ranulph Fiennes ain't got nothing on Marathon Monk.

posted by garfield at 11:08 AM on November 03, 2003

Traditionally, the monks, known as gyoja, who can't continue to the end must take their own lives either by hanging or disembowelment. Well that's a real incentive to finish!

posted by billsaysthis at 11:13 AM on November 03, 2003

I like my bowels right where they are, thank you very much.

posted by garfield at 04:11 PM on November 03, 2003

wow, those monks make ultra marathoners look like runners who don't suffer as much as those monks.

posted by gspm at 05:06 PM on November 03, 2003

sorry for the derail....

posted by garfield at 05:28 PM on November 03, 2003

Ranulph Fiennes is amazing - he's 59, had open heart surgery in July, following a heart attack, and still manages to run 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days. Hats off to the man.

posted by BigCalm at 03:57 AM on November 04, 2003

"I entrusted everything to god. I am satisfied," Fujinami was quoted as saying in a newspaper report. Despite that humble statement, however, there were signs the monk had perhaps gotten full of himself. Later in the press conference, Fujinami referred to himself in the third person several times, boasted he could "whup any Kenyan in the joint" and asked where his bitches were.

posted by wfrazerjr at 01:08 PM on November 04, 2003

Is Fujinami just another Monk from the 'Hood, wfrazer?

posted by billsaysthis at 02:31 PM on November 04, 2003

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