I think bench pressing 200 lbs might be a fair comparison. Both achievements require anyone without some natural talent to dedicate themselves to long term training to do. Even with serious training, there will always be some who have no hope of achieving a 200 lb bench because they don't have the right phenotype, and it is the same thing for running a sub-3 hour marathon.
sc runner wrote:
I think bench pressing 200 lbs might be a fair comparison. Both achievements require anyone without some natural talent to dedicate themselves to long term training to do. Even with serious training, there will always be some who have no hope of achieving a 200 lb bench because they don't have the right phenotype, and it is the same thing for running a sub-3 hour marathon.
Not a good comparison. Bench pressing 200 pounds is not that difficult. Most will find it much harder to crack 3 hours in the marathon than benching 200.
But what is comparable in the sense that it's a widely recognized achievement in that sport?
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