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Marathon Record Shattered at Charleston Marathon by Man in Exoskeleton
Runner's World ^ | January 15, 2020 | Andrew Dawson

Posted on 01/16/2020 8:41:41 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Adam Gorlitsky hit the wall hard during his second marathon attempt around the mile 20-mark this past Saturday at the Charleston Marathon in South Carolina. The only other time he had ever run this far was during his first marathon attempt last March at the Los Angeles Marathon.

While battling against pain in his wrists and legs and pushing the limits on the motors on his ReWalk Robotic Exoskeleton, Gorlitsky fought on, not only hoping to capture his first marathon finish, but also better the world record for fastest marathon in a robotic walking machine.

He did just that after starting on Thursday night at 10:34 p.m. and finishing around 7:50 a.m. on Saturday, giving him the record with an official time of 33 hours, 16 minutes, 28 seconds.

This has been the 33-year-old’s goal for four years, ever since he purchased the $80,000 device. It was 14 years ago that doctors told him he would never walk again after falling asleep at the wheel and crashing his vehicle, leaving him paralyzed below the waist.

Determined to regain his independence, Gorlitsky slowly worked toward that goal in his wheelchair until he realized he wanted to do more. That’s when he found the exoskeleton and made it his goal to walk 1 million steps in races for his nonprofit I Got Legs, which enables athletes with physical challenges by providing opportunities, programs, and grants that unlock an improved quality of life.

Gorlitsky has completed roughly 50 races so far in the suit, mostly at the 5K and 10K distances. But the marathon has been on his mind since he started. That’s why he signed up for the L.A. Marathon last year.

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KEYWORDS: adamgorlitsky; beermile; charleston; charlestonmarathon; exoskeleton; igotlegs; paralysis; southcarolina; worldrecord

1 posted on 01/16/2020 8:41:41 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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DANG!


2 posted on 01/16/2020 8:43:12 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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The extraordinary human spirit at work!


3 posted on 01/16/2020 8:46:59 PM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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Good. This man kicked some ass.


4 posted on 01/16/2020 8:53:36 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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Very inspiring!


5 posted on 01/16/2020 8:55:18 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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Wow...good for this gentleman...perservering to the end...


6 posted on 01/16/2020 8:56:39 PM PST by abigkahuna (How can you be at two places at once when you are nowhere at all?)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

"It was 14 years ago that doctors told him he would never walk again after falling asleep at the wheel and crashing his vehicle, leaving him paralyzed below the waist."

7 posted on 01/16/2020 8:59:36 PM PST by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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8 posted on 01/16/2020 9:03:58 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
... giving him the record with an official time of 33 hours, 16 minutes, 28 seconds.

That's impressive right there. All day, all night and another half day?

Reminds me of the stories of Indians (and Kalahari hunters) that ran down their prey over the course of a day.

9 posted on 01/16/2020 9:05:13 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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now, THIS is an exoskeleton:
10 posted on 01/16/2020 9:06:50 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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That is great to see. I could use something like that to help me jog. Probably more like ride a bike since he’s carrying 100% of its weight.


11 posted on 01/16/2020 9:12:48 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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A cool million will get you one of these. Yes it's from Japan.


12 posted on 01/16/2020 9:14:18 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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This IS *IMPRESSIVE*! I’d give it today’s POR (Press On, Regardless) award.

I can just imagine all of the machine faults, glitches and the human problems (chafing & others) that he has gone through! And there are the normal human functions that need to be accommodated over a 33 hour period, how much of that stuff needs to be unstrapped?

Kudos to him AND his support team!


13 posted on 01/17/2020 2:33:01 AM PST by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: catnipman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR7ktkOEeFw


14 posted on 01/17/2020 3:58:56 AM PST by wally_bert (Your methods were a little incomplete, you too for that matter.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Something something Ironman Triathlon


15 posted on 01/17/2020 7:09:08 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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“Something something Ironman Triathlon”

Only from the waist down. That is just a Half-Ironman.


16 posted on 01/17/2020 11:07:54 AM PST by TalonDJ
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“Get away from her, you B*TCH!”


17 posted on 01/18/2020 5:44:28 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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