A friend forwarded this video to me and I felt horrible for this guy. If you've run a marathon and experienced the same thing, you can really identify with him.
Apparently this video picks up after he is standing there without motion for a minute.. Crazy.
Nothing like a 1:16/1:361829 Alessandro, Kevin 29 M Louisville KY USA Checkpoints 5k 10k 15k 20k Half 25k 30k 35k 40k 0:17:52 0:35:40 0:53:44 1:12:22 1:16:23 1:31:08 1:51:19 2:16:49 2:40:04 Start Time Offset Pace Official Time Overall Gender Division 00:00:17 0:06:36 2:52:44 620 586 464
Boston Leg Cramper wrote:
A friend forwarded this video to me and I felt horrible for this guy. If you've run a marathon and experienced the same thing, you can really identify with him.
Apparently this video picks up after he is standing there without motion for a minute.. Crazy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H6gNqqywPU
Dear god this video is getting around. The funny thing is that running a 1:16 isnt a problem and wasnt the issue at Boston. I actually planned on going out in 1:15, but altered the plan b/c of the wind.
My problems resulted because of hydration. The wind made it feel like I wasnt as dehydrated as I obviously was, so.. Lesson learned.
Kevin
Really? And that's why you ran 25:30 for the 30-35k split?
Dear Previous poster,
have you ever run a marathon before? don't you realize what can happen to a body because of dehydration, no matter the level of talent? people who have experienced marathons don't make comments like.
How'd you get such a high number if you were hoping run low 2:30's. Same thing happen in your qualifier too? I've been there a few different times in a marathon. I can fully relate. That video brings back bad memories of the marathon.
jeesh poor guy. That's got to be the ugliest 2:40 marathon finish ever.
To the guy in the video: what's your PR?
We've all either been there or are afraid we will.
I need to see more of these videos. I'm running London on Sunday and need to make sure I don't go out too hard.
Those fans sound like they would yell at Stephen Hawking "Get up and walk you lazy bastard!"
My pr is from Cincinnati in 2007. 2:34:51.
This could end up being a youtube favorite.. people like to see people who are going through pain.. Nice work on finishing!