My coworker claimed he could run 6 miles in 30 minutes...Predict how long he lasted

OP hasn't reported back yet because he's still on the treadmill running.

Supertramp wrote:

OP hasn't reported back yet because he's still on the treadmill running.

Well, I would hope by now he's covered that 6 miles....

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

Supertramp wrote:

OP hasn't reported back yet because he's still on the treadmill running.

Well, I would hope by now he's covered that 6 miles....

Nope. Turns out it's actually Ragen Chastain. The OP can be forgiven for thinking she was just a really ugly man.

You Clearly Dont Read LRC wrote:

I Chose D2 wrote:

Your first paragraph is accurate, but cat 1/2/3 cyclists are far from "the hobby joggers of runners" unless you are one of those people who uses the literal definition, in which case someone running 6 miles in 30 minutes would also be a hobby jogger.

Uh, by all definitions a 30 min 6 mile guy is in fact a hobby jogger. The thing you fail to realize is that the main emphasis on this board is with the word "hobby", not "jogger".

Uh, by all definitions 5:00 mile pace is not jogging. Unless he has a subscription to Runners World and wears a hydration belt for his 30 minutes run, few on these boards would call such a person a hobby jogger.

I Chose D2 wrote:

You Clearly Dont Read LRC wrote:

Uh, by all definitions a 30 min 6 mile guy is in fact a hobby jogger. The thing you fail to realize is that the main emphasis on this board is with the word "hobby", not "jogger".

Uh, by all definitions 5:00 mile pace is not jogging. Unless he has a subscription to Runners World and wears a hydration belt for his 30 minutes run, few on these boards would call such a person a hobby jogger.

i agree completely. a 5:00 pace is far from jogging.

Not to mention, there is no way in hell some random guy from the office is doing a 30min 10k. here are the results from BAA 10k for the last few years.

Last years winner (Gabriel Geay) ran a 28:24. And the slob from accounting is saying he is 2 mins behind that (added a bit for the .2). no way. he would have been in the top 15 of last years BAA 10k (

).

And i realize so would everyone else on LRC.

1300m

rojo wrote:

I want to know what sport he went to Worlds in. Why would he mention that but not tell us what sport?

So tell us that .

No way the guy made it a minute.

At that pace he's covering 322m in a minute. I know not everyone can do this, but it sounds reasonable for a man who does some activity (even if he does run slowly, he's still going the gym and doing his over sport).

cow orker revealed wrote:

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

Well, I would hope by now he's covered that 6 miles....

Nope. Turns out it's actually Ragen Chastain. The OP can be forgiven for thinking she was just a really ugly man.

Ragen Chastain doesn't work, she's spent the last 5 years full time training for an Ironman, so I guess she could be a sleeper of note. Holding the standard and maxing out cadence means she could finish the 6 miles in nothing less than 2hrs30 (when extrapolating her 5k cheat time).

The rest of the thread was way more fun than the conclusion. Oh well. Thanks for posting. 8/10, good thread, would read again.

Curling?

Wow, so he couldn't even cover 800m. Talk about going back to work devastated.

2:20 is really not that bad. My PRs are 19-low, 1:28, and 3:12, and I probably couldn't do much better. I might make it 3:00 on a good day.

Gotta know what sport this guy went to worlds for. If it's something like the triathlon you're running a decent chunk of miles at a decent pace. Seems to me that the people going to worlds are sub-1:20 half marathon in a stand alone race. Not national or world class but they still prolly know the feeling. I'm sure the homie embellished a bit and said yea I throw down 5:00 miles for 6 miles when it's really 5:45s or 5:50s. I did some treadmill testing over the summer and did a 12:00 test type thing where I ran 5:00 pace for 12:00 when my road 5k PR is only 5:18/mile. The 5:00 pace felt easy. It's prolly that I was in PR shape at the time but also it can be easier to run on the treadmill. I'll give the person somewhere around 2 miles if their background is legit.

I'll give them less than 800m if they lied from the start.

A friend in college was the enforcer on our hockey team (then a D1 national title contender) and a potential NHL draftee. He had a large ass and looked about as far from being a runner as one can imagine, but in the off season he used to run 35minute 10Ks most days after doing his skating routine just to keep in shape.

You're overselling it - this sets off the troll-meter BIG TIME. Gotta learn when to ease off.

Iogiceagle wrote:

Ehh... Maybe I wasnt too clear above, but I really think I came out looking worse than him. He’s a big, strong guy who probably looked (to the others) like he was going to do it until he ‘injured’ himself. Meanwhile I was the one who took it far too seriously, who wouldn’t let his claim be and now, according to some in the office, I’m somewhat responsible for his ‘injury.’

SWEEPING is almost like running wrote:

Curling?

Icedance?

Iogiceagle wrote:

Also: His sport is a winter Olympic sport. So that’s a no to the Pokémon go guesses.

Bobsleigh brakeman.

And good on you, OP, for holding him to his claim. Hopefully he'll think twice next time about tossing off casual truthful hyperbole, claims which in years past were known more simply as lies.

down south wrote:

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A friend in college was the enforcer on our hockey team (then a D1 national title contender) and a potential NHL draftee. He had a large ass and looked about as far from being a runner as one can imagine, but in the off season he used to run 35minute 10Ks most days after doing his skating routine just to keep in shape.

Did he by any chance drink eight double espressos afterwards and then measure his heart rate while jacking off by the open window because it was very hot?

I usually just let people slide when they say nonsense like this. I was once at a high stakes poker table where one pro was in the middle of a prop bet that dictated that he had to jog for 30 minutes per day. While he was a former college basketball player, this dude was now in his mid 40s and probably about 6’4, 220. He was also a heavy smoker and a massive pothead. Said prob bettor was telling me about his recent run, and he said that he averaged 9 minutes per mile for 30 minutes on the treadmill. I told him that was really good for someone who doesn’t exercise.

Another player quickly said “9 minutes per mile??? I can easily run 3 miles in 18 minutes!” Said player was in his late 40s and about 6’5 220. He did look like he exercised, but he definitely struck me as more of an “exercise with my wife and kids here and there, lift some weights here and there, I used to be athletic in college” type. There was no way he could get even close to 3 miles in 18 minutes. If he could do that “easily”, he would definitely be one of the fastest clydesdales in his age group in the world. It took every ounce of self control not to challenge him to prove it on the track for $1000. I stayed quiet and later let the prob bettor know that I thought the braggard was full of it. He likely would have accepted the bet too, lol. But he was one of the few genuinely nice regular players in the game, so I did not want to embarass him.