Will Michael Wardian run two sub-2:30 marathons today?

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stick with eharmony wrote:

LOL it was sad this chump got so much hype over this. What a pathetic attempt at attention.

2:58, still awesome and better than anyone on LRC could do!!!!

Stunt?

Chump?

Dude has run over 400 races in the last few years.

52.4 miles at 6:17 pace is a pretty good day.

Wardian is awesome, and I'm betting he'll try this again.

Peace Out wrote:

2:58, still awesome and better than anyone on LRC could do!!!!

LetsRun.com - where Ryan Hall gets criticized for not trying to run while injured, and Michael Wardian gets criticized for trying and failing.

theohiostate wrote:

Wardian is awesome, and I'm betting he'll try this again.

Yeah for him to run 2 marathons in a weekend (and run them well) is not unusual. (Obviously 2 in a day is out of the ordinary but he still did awesome.) I wish I knew how he could run like this without constantly having serious injuries.

yet again we see that extreme (or trying to be extreme to get attention) is easy. excellence is hard.

Peace Out wrote:

http://running.competitor.com/2013/11/news/wardian-aims-for-double-marathon-record_89210

San Antonio, then Vegas. I say yes; this guy is a machine.

yawn wrote:

yet again we see that extreme (or trying to be extreme to get attention) is easy. excellence is hard.

No, what's hard, if not impossible, is making the LetsRun crowd happy. Wardian has already had an excellent career by most standards.

yawn wrote:

yet again we see that extreme (or trying to be extreme to get attention) is easy. excellence is hard.

As proven by your less than excellent posting.

notwhoiam wrote:

You calling someone a chump is ironic.

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stick with eharmony wrote:

LOL it was sad this chump got so much hype over this. What a pathetic attempt at attention.

There is also something ironic when eharmony uses the word 'pathetic'.

Congratulations to Wardian. I'm sure the 2:31 puts him well ahead of eharmony. And if it doesn't, I'm sure his 2:17 does.

I applaud Mike's ignorance... the dude just missed a complete year due to a pelvic stress fracture, and then immediately jumps back into the kind of behavior that got him injured in the first place.

However, in the meantime, he will run some great performances before they injury cycle hits again. I just wish he would learn and chill out. Maybe today proved that to him - he's not at the fitness he used to be... he is not the Mike Wardian of old. 2:31/2:58 is well below his expectations, and for those of you who know Mike, he has lofty expectations.

Interested to see what's next. Anyone know if he's racing at JFK?

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. -T.R.

Voldl wrote:

he is not the Mike Wardian of old. 2:31/2:58 is well below his expectations, and for those of you who know Mike, he has lofty expectations.

Well he's not exactly a spring chicken anymore either. All of us will slow down due to age/injury.

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notwhoiam wrote:

You calling someone a chump is ironic.

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stick with eharmony wrote:

LOL it was sad this chump got so much hype over this. What a pathetic attempt at attention.

He turns 40 in April.

A 2:31 and a 2:58 in the same day, with a plane trip in between is really insane.

I think he would have had a chance in ideal conditions.

It was between 70-75F during the San Antonio M. He was trying for 2:29 and ended up running 2:31. A 2:31 in that kind of weather certainly means he could have run ~2:25 in 50F. Or 2:29 with sparing a lot of resources. But the 2:31 indicates he was fighting and it was a full out effort.

You can't run another great Marathon after a 100% effort.

he still accomplished more in one day that you've done in your whole life. you knew that already that though.

I know some people who ran San Antonio. Conditions were awful. Basically summer time humidity and temps in the mid 70s with enough of a breeze to burn extra energy on half the race, but not enough to provide a boost going the other way with the wind at your back.

I really like what Wardian does. He is candid that he is no where near the talent of the top distance guys in the country and just loves racing and testing his limits. He will certainly need to adjust his expectations as he ages up into masters running. But, he has had a pretty amazing run of multiple marathons and ultra races without a significant injury.

He had surgery last year for multiple hernias and stress fractures, so his racing regimen did take a toll.