The guys manages to get press. One of my partners at work said "50 Marathons in 50 days" and she does not really know running.
I'm guessing it is 50 marathon distance runs since you are going to have a hard time finding any marathons Monday through Friday for 7 weeks.
Karnazes is so full of himself.
Hand Salve wrote:
Leave Dean alone...
After all, the website says that he has Mountain Biked for 24 hours straight.
WTF is that?
Who are those other people on "the team?"
Does North Face know ANYTHING about running?
They are sponsored by POSE method. They will be using the POSE method of running. The POSE method of running is the only way that the human body can put up with this level of intensity and training. POSE Method ha sincreased Dean's speed and efficiency.
I can't believe they dragged Tim Twietmeyer into this mess.
"I wonder what Pam Reed is gonna do to show him up."
She'll do all the states...alphabetically.
Boy Wonder wrote:...
I'm guessing it is 50 marathon distance runs since you are going to have a hard time finding any marathons Monday through Friday for 7 weeks.
Karnazes is so full of himself.
Say it real slow: A marathon is a distance. A Boston Marathon is an event.
I will run a marathon this afternoon and not pay a fee, not get a t-shirt, and not have to explain it to anyone who has a dictionary. (I will probably win my age group and maybe even come in first overall unless...)
He is just running the courses. What is this idea so hard to understand here? Everyone really that jealous? Mad 'cause he's getting the money for silly-event sponsorships? I wish I had the time to try something like that.
Dean is getting something Abdi, Meb, and Culpepper can't. Press and media attention in a non-Olympic year.
Remember, it's not what you do but how you do it. It's not "I'm running 26 miles a day" it's "I'm running 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states". He has a great PR man.
Alan
"Say it real slow: A marathon is a distance. A Boston Marathon is an event."
26.2 miles is a distance, a marathon is an event, the Boston Marathon is a specific event.
say it slower wrote:
"Say it real slow: A marathon is a distance. A Boston Marathon is an event."
26.2 miles is a distance, a marathon is an event, the Boston Marathon is a specific event.
i tend to agree. the term "marathon" however can mean different things, it can be used to denote a specific distance, or it can be a generic term for a race of 26.2 miles. interestingly, in some countries the word marathon is used to denote most any race of 26.2 miles or more, eg comrades marathon in south africa.
that said, the most common use of the term "marathon" is to describe a race of 26.2 miles. the website says he is doing marathons, not running 50 days of 26.2 mile runs. it is at best misleading.
if that is all the website said, i would leave it at "misleading." the problem is the website asserts, for example that he is in fact running THE BOSTON Marathon in october and that he is running THE Des Moines Marathon on a friday. he claims to be running these events on days they are not taking place. it would be quite another thing for him to say he is running the boston marathon course, but he specifically says he is running the "boston marathon."
to anyone not familiar with the fact that most marathons are run on sundays, or that boston is run in april, it would clearly appear he is running a race a day. as such it is not just misleading, it appears to be intentionally misleading.
I met a guy at the Kiawah marathon in December who already did this last year.
Great guy - check it out
say it slower wrote:
26.2 miles is a distance, a marathon is an event, the Boston Marathon is a specific event.
Thank you.
What bothers me is that all these guys seem to have their owen websites proclaiming how good they are. Do you REALLY need your own website? They fool the public into thinking they are fast when they actually suck. Anybody who's in reasonable running shape and HAS ALL THE FREE TIME IN THE WORLD TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A JOB can run 50 marathons in 50 days.
I'm much more impressed with the disabled athletes who get no recognition and yet do the same 26.2 miles we all do with two good legs. THOSE PEOPLE ARE AMAZING, not some arrogant jerk who writes a book.
say it slower wrote:
26.2 miles is a distance, a marathon is an event, the Boston Marathon is a specific event.
Both of you idiots (you and the "Erbli is a Dick" guy) need to look at the website before you go spouting off and agreeing with each other...
The website claims that they are running specific marathons.
So check yourself before you wreck yourself.
And try the POSE method.
Ya get the feeling we are losing context here?
letsrun folks don't like Karnazes.
Ultralist folks are divided about Karnazes.
Karnazes laughs all the way to the bank while getting to run all over the continent.
My afternoon run got ruined when these two whales surfaced about a quarter-mile out...running seemed unimportant for the next few minutes. I doubt if either of them knew me, you, or Karnazes.
HThumbards wrote:
So check yourself before you wreck yourself.
And try the POSE method.
lol
Yes....It says they are running specific marathons....But there is one problem with that statement....Last I checked, the Boston Marathon was in April and NOT October as thier website has listed. There is no WAY he is running the ACTUAL events during this PR stunt.
For an added bit of fun, perhaps Pam Reed should run with/against him.....Make it a 50 day DUEL.....
KidStallyn wrote:
Yes....It says they are running specific marathons....But there is one problem with that statement....Last I checked, the Boston Marathon was in April and NOT October as thier website has listed. There is no WAY he is running the ACTUAL events during this PR stunt.
For an added bit of fun, perhaps Pam Reed should run with/against him.....Make it a 50 day DUEL.....
Yeah dog. That is what the POSE guy was saying...
I knew the North Face announcement might prompt multiple heart attacks on this list. And I do hope that we can move in a timely fashion to deal with the current speculation that he had ties to Milosevic.
That Portland, Alaska, San Francisco, Maui, Arizona stretch is going to be a fun five days. Hope they get the exit row.
Karnazes would never sit in an exit row. You have to be willing to help others if you sit there.
I just figure he stole this idea off the Africans basic BASE milage build up, each year, before season starts. What, about 7 weeks, 26M a day...no rest days. Thats about right. ^o^
O No problemo!