00:00The eeriest marathon on earth takes place 3,674 feet below ground inside a Swedish mine.
00:07Would you run it?
00:08We have seen some uniquely interesting marathons and long-distance races over the years here at BroBible.
00:15None can really compare to this underground marathon in Sweden,
00:18where participants take a mineshaft elevator 1,120 meters below ground to run.
00:23Other marathons, like the 50k Taco Bell Ultra in Denver and Marathon du Midoc in France, are memorable.
00:29Yet this Swedish marathon feels like it was created for Tolkien species.
00:34For context, the Empire State Building is 443 meters tall.
00:39The Eiffel Tower in Paris is 330 meters tall.
00:43A Typhoon-class submarine can dive to 400 meters below sea level.
00:47The deepest part of the entire North Sea is 700 meters below sea level.
00:52And the single deepest part of the entire Atlantic Ocean is 3,646 meters deep.
01:00In order to get to the world's deepest marathon, competitors take the mineshaft elevator at Sweden's Garpenberg Mine,
01:06a zinc mine, 1,120 meters below sea level, or approximately 3,674.54 feet below ground.
01:15On October 25th, the world's deepest marathon featured 60 runners, including mining CEOs, tech entrepreneurs, and charity workers competing underground.
01:24In order to get to the start of the race, it is a full 2-minute and 42-second elevator ride below the Earth's surface.
01:32Those seconds must feel like hours as the elevator descends into the unknown.
01:36Once down there, temperatures will reach 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
01:40They also run in nearly complete silence, aside from hearing each other run, breathe, and converse.
01:48The mind absorbs all noise.
01:51Can you imagine an eerier way to run a marathon than this?
01:54The Running Channel sent runner Sarah J. Hartley to compete in the world's deepest marathon and document her experience.
02:01For dedicated runners using Strava, Sarah tracked this as an indoor run and adjusted the route afterwards to meet the full marathon requirements for proper documentation.
02:11Because everyone knows that if it doesn't get recorded on Strava, then it didn't really happen.
02:15South African runner engineer Ladeel Dickel spoke with her South African News after completing the marathon.
02:22She said she was approached about running the marathon and was very excited to challenge herself mentally, calling it a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to run an underground marathon.
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