All gain, no pain

• Autores: Richard Lovett
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3122, 2017, págs. 35-37
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • As more than 40,000 runners prowl the start line of the London marathon this weekend, many of them will be wondering what they have got themselves into. Even without a heavy novelty costume, and no matter how well they have stuck to their training regime, running non-stop for 26.2 miles (42 kilometers) is going to hurt. Now consider the barnacle goose. Before setting off on a 3000-kilometer migration, it undertakes the training equivalent of sitting on the sofa guzzling fish and chips. Here, Lovett discusses what human fitness fanatic can learn from nature's lazy fit animals