You're judging a normie relative to the world class. Eighty minute half marathon is incredible relative to 95% of the world and is trash relative to world class. Not everyone is buying two inch inseam shorts and obsessing over ankle roll and fat oxidation you bum, you loser. Let people be proud of their work you gatekeeping loser.
Also, I'd like to add you do not need to do all the stuff you listed to run sub 80 in a HM. Raise your bar buddy.
My friend ran an 80 minute half marathon. His running club is fawning over him. Is 80 minutes fast?...Heck, once in college I ran a HM with a teammate and we even went around 74 minutes.
You came to LetsRun to trash this guy's race times. You talk about running faster than him "once in college." But have you actually signed up, walked to a start line and raced him?
Actually I've never raced him before. He couldn't get into the same heats as me because his 5k PR was roughly 2 minutes slower.
I'm currently faster than him still, but the gap has closed. I also run about 20 miles per week and talk crap on letsrun as training so...
To me it’s obvious his club is full of hobby joggers and he is the fastest one in the club so of course he’s their hero. Apparently they don’t really follow competitive racing
This is exactly the case. He ran these times probably a year ago and still posts photos once every couple of weeks. I liked the first handful, but not sure how many times someone should be able to go to the well for running an 80+ minute HM.
I'm surprised there are so many people offended on here. I thought it was common knowledge that 80 minutes for a man isn't that fast. I know some pretty slow people who run around 78-82 minutes.
Hey man some of us are just old, rundown, has-beens. Let the man enjoy his small victory. You jocks take the fun out of this sport and then wonder why nobody in America has even the slightest clue who eliud Kipchoge or Galen Rupp are.
I'm surprised there are so many people offended on here. I thought it was common knowledge that 80 minutes for a man isn't that fast. I know some pretty slow people who run around 78-82 minutes.
You haven't mentioned the guy's age, which is a key bit of information. But with similar times on certified courses, I've gotten a podium position + prize money in a local race 3 out of 3 times, and won my age group in the largest HM in my small state. Is that fast? It's not fast compared to a car, but it's plenty fast compared to the other people in the race. Unsurprisingly, I'm more concerned with the latter.
Unless you beat the other guy on race day, you have no grounds for complain. Get in a race and beat him, and then you are faster. Until then, you're just a slow online whiner.
I'm surprised there are so many people offended on here. I thought it was common knowledge that 80 minutes for a man isn't that fast. I know some pretty slow people who run around 78-82 minutes.
You haven't mentioned the guy's age, which is a key bit of information. But with similar times on certified courses, I've gotten a podium position + prize money in a local race 3 out of 3 times, and won my age group in the largest HM in my small state. Is that fast? It's not fast compared to a car, but it's plenty fast compared to the other people in the race. Unsurprisingly, I'm more concerned with the latter.
Unless you beat the other guy on race day, you have no grounds for complain. Get in a race and beat him, and then you are faster. Until then, you're just a slow online whiner.
You actually won prize money running 80 minutes...3 times?? Let me know where those races are, I'd love to come stomp you. Do they actually have a podium there? That would be so embarrassing to stand on a podium for running 81 minutes in a half marathon unless you were a woman.
We're both in our 30s now. He runs at least double my mileage on average and races much more often, and yet I've still never lost to him head to head.
By your logic Grant Fisher has to race me to prove he's better I guess. I still haven't lost to him head to head!
But in all seriousness, this isn't about me racing him. If we both raced and ran 80 minutes for a HM, we'd BOTH be slow. My point is specifically about how average 80/2:58 are.
As you get older, you learn to concede to others accomplishments.
Yes, certain people will entice your competitive vigor and make you want to throwback even if just shedding some truths.
But try to take a step back. Are they hurting anyone? The group seems to be getting excited as him so let it go and let them. There is more to life than running.
Also, same applies for the other poster whose friend bragged on social media. You already did that when younger (presumably). I ran 6 minutes, 4 seconds in 6th grade (not that special but good). But they havent. Look at it not as a chance to prove world records are way faster but rather to empower them as humans. In my social circles, people who didnt run that are lacing up for race day or recapping, they will get an auto like from me on facebook because me being who I am (in their world the fastest kid in the school's history and a competitor on the state level) it encourages them.
So drop the hollier than though and encourage people.
You haven't mentioned the guy's age, which is a key bit of information. But with similar times on certified courses, I've gotten a podium position + prize money in a local race 3 out of 3 times, and won my age group in the largest HM in my small state. Is that fast? It's not fast compared to a car, but it's plenty fast compared to the other people in the race. Unsurprisingly, I'm more concerned with the latter.
Unless you beat the other guy on race day, you have no grounds for complain. Get in a race and beat him, and then you are faster. Until then, you're just a slow online whiner.
You actually won prize money running 80 minutes...3 times?? Let me know where those races are, I'd love to come stomp you. Do they actually have a podium there? That would be so embarrassing to stand on a podium for running 81 minutes in a half marathon unless you were a woman.
We're both in our 30s now. He runs at least double my mileage on average and races much more often, and yet I've still never lost to him head to head.
By your logic Grant Fisher has to race me to prove he's better I guess. I still haven't lost to him head to head!
But in all seriousness, this isn't about me racing him. If we both raced and ran 80 minutes for a HM, we'd BOTH be slow. My point is specifically about how average 80/2:58 are.
After years of the football kids bullying you, now you take it out on other runners. Shame.
My friend ran an 80 minute half marathon. His running club is fawning over him. Is 80 minutes fast? This is a male. I know tons of people from my college days who could have easily broken 80 minutes. Heck, once in college I ran a HM with a teammate and we even went around 74 minutes.
He also ran a 2:58 marathon. You would have thought he broke a world record based on his social media.
Have we lowered our standards too low? If you train fairly seriously I feel like almost anyone can run 6:10 pace for a half marathon. I also don't think qualifying for Boston is really that impressive either. Going and racing Boston is a cool experience, but qualifying for it is not very difficult if you take the time to train. Especially if you're over 35.
He's a recreational runner who is doing pretty good. He should be happy.
You actually won prize money running 80 minutes...3 times?? Let me know where those races are, I'd love to come stomp you. Do they actually have a podium there? That would be so embarrassing to stand on a podium for running 81 minutes in a half marathon unless you were a woman.
We're both in our 30s now. He runs at least double my mileage on average and races much more often, and yet I've still never lost to him head to head.
By your logic Grant Fisher has to race me to prove he's better I guess. I still haven't lost to him head to head!
But in all seriousness, this isn't about me racing him. If we both raced and ran 80 minutes for a HM, we'd BOTH be slow. My point is specifically about how average 80/2:58 are.
After years of the football kids bullying you, now you take it out on other runners. Shame.
So many 80+ half marathoners in their feelings today. This is why the US sucks at the half and full marathons, they think 80 minutes is good.
It depends on your perspective. My 5k is 18:06 and half is 1:20 which was a great result for me. I don't see myself running big miles so if I could ever run 1:19 I'd be thrilled.
It depends on your perspective. My 5k is 18:06 and half is 1:20 which was a great result for me. I don't see myself running big miles so if I could ever run 1:19 I'd be thrilled.