So Karnazes claims the top 3 runners had agreed to not race, but just run together for this marathon. The other two guys said that isn't true. Karnazes lends his snowshoes to the eventual winner and then gets mad because this guy beats him in his own snowshoes, saying they gave him an advantage in the snow. Well, why the hell did you give him your snowshoes then, Dean?!?!
My God, this guy has an ego problem.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/siadventure/14/south_pole/
He's pretty creative to get money to run and make a spectactle you gotta give him that. Seems like a class A jackass though imo
In the Pot wrote:
why so much hate, this guy is probably bringing running into the public eye more than everyone combined on this site.
And at the same time bringing mediocrity and nutty obsession into the public eye. That's the problem, that he's the link between them.
doesn't he run a lot of these in like races he puts together himself? where there is no official marathon that day, he just runs one and people pay to run with him
I think i hate this man more than any other living thing in the world
1.Lucifer
2.Karnie
3.Nike
4. the people that pay money for his 3 ring circus act
I have mixed feelings on Dean. On the negative side, there does seem to be some arrogance (just from the few articles I have read on him). However, what he is doing is pretty amazing and I believe he should be proud of his accomplishments. To say that he is slow, or that "so and so" beat him is completely futile. I don't believe his goal is to be a particularly fast runner. His goals are to test himself in very different ways than most of us have attempted or can understand. If indeed he is promoting himself, it is in the context of promoting a sport completely different from what most of us consider competitive running. The way people respond, they sound like they are threatened! So, does everyone that gives him a hard time really believe that what he is doing is "wrong" or are you just afraid that he is taking all the average joes' attention away from YOU and your local 5K wins?
Wile E. Coyote wrote:
are you just afraid that he is taking all the average joes' attention away from YOU and your local 5K wins?
Stupid assumption. If he's doing something that others have already achieved but they did it either with greater quality or for far greater quantity, then he isn't testing the limits of human endurance, as it has been billed by his own PR. If it were only about testing himself, then why all the promo????
Also, I think you're missing the point about the sports illustrated article. He basically accused Donovan of threatening his family and himself. He called the FBI, for God's sake. Come on now Dean, you're better than that.
Thanks for the intelligent feedback. And, it wasn't an assumption...
shutyerflapper wrote:
Call it what you want, but to me it's WRONG.
And who exactly is the ME here? Who exactly are you? Is this the only place where you can try to say your piece in public without being bitch slapped?
hahahahahaha oh yes wrote:
If you and I were to race a cross country race, could I use spikes? Yes you stupid asshole, they do provide an advantage but I still have to move my legs along just like some stupid f***er who might decide to race on a muddy day in trainers.
sorry but this simply made no sense. I won't explain as we fear you may miss the point
How did I miss the point you assclown? Those are similar situations, who is in agreement with me?
regardless of how i feel about dean's self-aggrandizing behaviour...
the man is wee. i watched him finish at boulder backroads, and i think the top of his head *might* hit my chin.
i had this impression he was some "giant of men"... yeah, well. whatever.
To the poster who asked about Terry Fox here's a link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Fox
He averaged 23 miles a day for 143 days....with one leg.
c-mack wrote:
Also, I think you're missing the point about the sports illustrated article. He basically accused Donovan of threatening his family and himself. He called the FBI, for God's sake. Come on now Dean, you're better than that.
Even better, when the "race" didn't go his way, Dean's company reneged on the $25K prize and instead split $15K five ways. I wonder where the leftover 10 went ... ?
Even better ... wrote:
c-mack wrote:Also, I think you're missing the point about the sports illustrated article. He basically accused Donovan of threatening his family and himself. He called the FBI, for God's sake. Come on now Dean, you're better than that.
Even better, when the "race" didn't go his way, Dean's company reneged on the $25K prize and instead split $15K five ways. I wonder where the leftover 10 went ... ?
Which makes me wonder what will happen to the $500 he bet Pam Reed. I wonder what (who) Dean's favorite charity is?
Here are a couple of guys who are much more impressive.
Runner's World Aug. 23:
52 Marathons In 52 Weeks, And NONE Over Three Hours
Chuck Engle, a 35-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, is on a quest to run 52 marathons in 52 weeks and he's far from a slouch. So far he's done 34. The fastest was a 2:31:34 in Sarasota. The slowest was a 2:54:54 at Gateway to the Pacific in Elma, Washington, which was good enough to win. Last Sunday, Engle won the Silver State Marathon in Nevada in 2:44:52; the hilly course, a 5000-foot altitude, has a five-mile stretch of sand. "It's such a euphoric feeling you get when you finish a marathon," states Engle. "You cannot explain it to someone."
More,
"Normal Guy" Thompson Finishes 51 Marathons in 50 Days
Sam Thompson, hoping to raise awareness of Hurricane Katrina victims, finished his quest with 26.2 miles in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi on Saturday, after 26.2 miles in New Orleans the day before. He even added the District of Columbia to one of his one-marathon-per-state days. "He's a totally NORMAL guy," says Thompson's girlfriend. "He's just very driven. He's got a great deal of passion and intensity." Thompson ended each day in a bathtub of ice cubes and, as his caloric intake was closely monitored, he didn't lose a pound.
More,
hahahahahaha oh yes wrote:
How did I miss the point you assclown? Those are similar situations, who is in agreement with me?
I rest my case. And I bet you receiving an education and are considered intelligent. Please utilise that intelligence to try form a reply without a derogatory remark or cuss; however if that is what a paying education brings, the creation of persons with the analogy of a suicide bomber on their way to 70 virgins, then please do proceed our esteemed one. Please don't explode when you read this we don't want you to damage the little grey matter you are obviously straining to use.
Wah wah wah.
Dean is such a loser. Here I am, wiping off my spunk-slimed hands and sitting down at my computer screen--my one gleaming connection with the world--while Dean is out there, running 26 miles a day in a variety of interesting locations, making money, making a name for himself, getting ALL the attention, and--what an idiot!!!--helping raise money for worthy causes.
He must be gay.
Why do I say that? Because I'm living such a pitiful, onanistic, self-defeating, pleasure-deprived, socially bankrupt life that if he's NOT gay--i.e., if he's actually having ALL the fun, garnering ALL the publicity, meeting ALL the chicks, and making ALL the money--then I am the world's biggest loser.
Uh oh.
Should I shoot myself now, or beat off one last time to the one remaining porn tape in my extensive collection that still gets me off?
Hmmm.
Or should I keep calling Dean names (like "gay") and hope it perks up my day?
Ask Joe Blow in the street to name one famous runner. Guess who'll they'll say.
Alan