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Post by Da Man on Jun 11, 2019 17:08:33 GMT
We had a thread in which literally no one objected to calling out Everest climbers as essentially rich asshole frauds, but this touches a nerve? Those fucking people put their lives on the line. I don't think I even looked at that thread.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 17:08:46 GMT
This is absolutely not the case or even close to it. Interesting. 2001 (age 24, Chicago) - 5:05 (11:39/mile) 2002 (age 25, Chicago) - 4:54 (11:15/mile) 2003 (age 26, Chicago) - 4:33 (10:25/mile) 2004 (age 27, Chicago) - 4:22 (10:00/mile) 2016 (age 39, Indianapolis) - 3:40 (8:23/mile) 2017 (age 40, Indianapolis) - 3:17 (7:32/mile) 2018 (age 41, Kalamazoo) - 3:17 (7:32/mile) 2018 (age 41, Milwaukee) - 3:09 (7:14/mile)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 17:09:08 GMT
So, how long after those two finish their 7-hour trek do they put the dreaded 26.2 sticker on the back of their Subarus. Whenever the fuck they want.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 17:13:59 GMT
Look, if my old friends - and I like all of these people quite a bit - really busted their asses to "run" a 6:33 marathon, bravo to them. But considering they were all former high school athletes (better athletes than me, for sure) who had all run road races in the past, I'm pretty unconvinced about the "busted their asses" part.
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Post by Da Man on Jun 11, 2019 17:15:25 GMT
Look, if my old friends - and I like all of these people quite a bit - really busted their asses to "run" a 6:33 marathon, bravo to them. But considering they were all former high school athletes (better athletes than me, for sure) who had all run road races in the past, I'm pretty unconvinced about the "busted their asses" part. And yet you are disparaging all people who finish marathons that slow. At least, it sure seems like you are.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 17:15:44 GMT
I'm shocked someone isn't in the same shape they were in high school. If only they'd been training for marathons for 20 years, they could have impressed you.
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Post by Dr Boom 70 on Jun 11, 2019 17:16:14 GMT
If Pheidippides had weighed 350 lb's the Greeks would have never gotten the help they needed at Sparta and would have been defeated by the Persians. It would have changed history
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 17:17:18 GMT
I'm shocked someone isn't in the same shape they were in high school. If only they'd been training for marathons for 20 years, they could have impressed you. I’m in better shape now. #lowbar
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 17:17:53 GMT
Look, if my old friends - and I like all of these people quite a bit - really busted their asses to "run" a 6:33 marathon, bravo to them. But considering they were all former high school athletes (better athletes than me, for sure) who had all run road races in the past, I'm pretty unconvinced about the "busted their asses" part. And yet you are disparaging all people who finish marathons that slow. At least, it sure seems like you are. I'm not disparaging them. I just don't understand why you'd want to "run" a 7-hour marathon instead of something like a (relatively) fast 5K or 10K, other than to brag because 26.2 is great social media currency. I know one woman who is a personal trainer and walked a half-marathon, then had her husband record her sprinting the last 1/10 mile. She spent days afterward referencing "my injury" to hundreds of "likes" and platitudes. It's total grand standing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 17:18:51 GMT
I'm shocked someone isn't in the same shape they were in high school. If only they'd been training for marathons for 20 years, they could have impressed you. Or maybe they didn't train as hard as they were claiming they did.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 17:18:52 GMT
And yet you are disparaging all people who finish marathons that slow. At least, it sure seems like you are. I'm not disparaging them. [Trump "wrong" gif]
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 17:19:02 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 17:22:41 GMT
Look, to be clear, I don't think my marathon times are particularly impressive, either. I'm proud of how much time I've shaved, proud of the discipline I give it, and I enjoy chasing times and seeing what I can get out of myself, but it's not like I'm some elite here and I wouldn't pretend to be.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 17:24:29 GMT
I do think that people flipping their shit over someone's 7-hour marathon, or Nike prominently displaying gargantuan tights, is a bit of virtue-signaling.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 17:27:21 GMT
I do think that people flipping their shit over someone's 7-hour marathon, or Nike prominently displaying gargantuan tights, is a bit of virtue-signaling. So set the bar. What time would you deem worthy of praise and acknowledgement of their months of training? 6 hours? 5 hours? 4 hours?
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