Is this bad for Scott Fauble's ranking? Like he would be better off not having run it or can it be an Incomplete?
Doesn't matter his actual time. The only thing that matters is the "shape he is in."
Most wasted way lead a career, imo. Chasing a time that you somehow feel you have the right to run (while never being close). There is a Norwegian running podcast host who have wasted 3-4 years(?) of 2x marathons a year doing that, adamant chasing sub 2:20 instead of just racing to get the best time he is capable of that day (which could eventually be 2:19:xx).
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