The cutoff for all major marathons should be 3h 30 mins
Why is a "cutoff' needed?
Does it make you feel better about your very limited athletic achievements to pull up the ladder behind you?
Longer a course is open, the more it will cost. Plus it's very inconvenient to shutdown an entire city street for people to have a glorified walk. People aren't asking hobby joggers to run a 5 min pace, but at least be able to jog the whole marathon.
The story reminds me of my Dad. He said "Any man can pass a test if they study, but it takes a damn good man to pass without". He flunked three classes that semester.
The ego on this guy. Nothing really humbling in there. Looks like the cutoff was around 7hrs. 5,935 finishers. 5:58 got 5100ish. This is the exact result you'd expect for not training. Top 86%. If you're relatively healthy you can battle with some people around that spot who are maybe doing the race as part of a weight loss goal. Makes sense to knock off 14% if you're carrying a little less than they are in what must've been, in part, a walking event.
The cutoff for all major marathons should be 3h 30 mins
Why is a "cutoff' needed?
Does it make you feel better about your very limited athletic achievements to pull up the ladder behind you?
Come on, man. A legitimate standard is necessary. And we all know the universal legitimate standard is my worst marathon +10 minutes (in case it’s really hot … and anyone can have a bad day.).
everyone who can finish under that time is a real runner.
A woman signed her husband up for a marathon with 24 hours notice after he bragged he could complete 26.2 miles without any training. The 32-year-old successfully completed the marathon.
Guess his time.
I'll reveal it at 11:00 am ET.
Since he successfully completed it, it is surely slow. It can't be sub 4:30 without any training, which I take to mean no running training (unclear if it means no marathon training or no running training at all)
If you mean no running training at all I'd guess 5 hours and 30 minutes = 12:30 ish per mile, which is a fast power walk or a mix of slow jogging with the occassional short walk during water stations.
If you mean he hobby jogged now and again but didn't train for a marathon specifically, it literally could be anything. No way a normal, regular, but healthy/active, male could run faster than 11 min per mile though if he didn't run at least a little. No way. 26.2 miles is brutal.
he's lowkey right, i got friends from runclub at my old college & friends at d3 level who never broke 17 in HS, were running 26 minute 8ks and then ran 2:35 or 2:37 at boston, off 50-70 mile weeks, still barely in 16:00 5k shape, so...
If he wasn't a runner, 5:45. If he was once, and was simply untrained, 4:30
Corrected a typo. Frick, almost got it right.
This just proves what I've always said: Anyone can finish a marathon. The whole "I finished a marathon" culture is stupid. Just depends how long you want to take.
A woman signed her husband up for a marathon with 24 hours notice after he bragged he could complete 26.2 miles without any training. The 32-year-old successfully completed the marathon.
Guess his time.
I'll reveal it at 11:00 am ET.
I told my wife I could drink a case of beer without any training.
BS. He's not overweight or sickly looking, therefore there's no way he's led a purely sedentary lifestyle. Probably plays ultimate Frisbee or hikes or bikes to work or something. Still can say "doesn't work out", and "isn't a runner", but not sedentary.
He could indeed be sedentary, but it's possible that unlike most Americans, he just doesn't eat like a pig and his caloric intake is commensurate with his activity level, however low that may be. I know numerous musicians who look like this, and other than playing their instruments the most strenuous exercise they get comes from striking matches or popping the tops off beer bottles.
Is it newsworthy? Probably not, but running a marathon with no training is going to be painful. I’d much rather be in shape and run a good time than slog through a 5:58.
However, I’d imagine if it were some kind of mass life or death situation that required everyone to cover 26.2 miles on foot as quickly as possible, this guy is probably only in the top 25% of males between 18-40, maybe top 30%.
A woman signed her husband up for a marathon with 24 hours notice after he bragged he could complete 26.2 miles without any training. The 32-year-old successfully completed the marathon.
A woman signed her husband up for a marathon with 24 hours notice after he bragged he could complete 26.2 miles without any training. The 32-year-old successfully completed the marathon.
Guess his time.
I'll reveal it at 11:00 am ET.
What a pathetic blowhard game the OP was playing. At least the man (I won't repeat his moniker again; were I to do so, I might just hurl) stays in character, and by "the man" I don't mean the marathoner. Hope you're happy with your power, Mr. Big! Pat yourself on the back (hopefully with a pointy object in your hand).
all the pissers and moaners about the marathon guy and the poster....it was all of interest enough to get all of you hooked in...if it was no big deal why did you bother to find out what his time was and waste your own time posting...OMFG what a bunch of losers here!
This could be a made up story for clickbait by a 'news' source known for such things. One wonders why they bothered with a marathon story as most of the population knows nothing about what the time means and don’t care. Doubtful it generated a lot of clicks, true or not.
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