Scientists ran a study about how frequently people lie on the internet. The results were not surprising.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563216304800
I'm sorry you are hurting OP. And I'm sorry this is what you do to make yourself feel better.
Puffer wrote:
Another cool thing we do is every once in a while we play some virtuoso piano concertos. And no one has any musical training or ability
That really cracked me up, well done.
I work in a senior care facility
Every once in awhile we like to convince one of the old-timers that there are a former Olympian
We show them clips of some great Runner. Articles, pictures. Will spend a couple of weeks convincing them that they were an all-time great former Runner
Then we take them out to the track and unleash the hounds
It's incredible when you see someone who hasn't walked in years begin sprinting around a track with all the conviction and dedication of a top Olympian
It just goes to show you running is 99% mental and 1% physical
Sure they'll be a little sore the next day. But certainly no worse for wear. That's why I totally believe the original poster
Puffer wrote:
Another cool thing we do is every once in a while we play some virtuoso piano concertos. And no one has any musical training or ability
Average guys conducting an orchestra:
https://improveverywhere.com/2013/09/24/conduct-us/amp/100% legit!
Running is all mental
Our natural condition is to be running
It takes more energy to stop yourself from running then to run really fast
Just think about it how does the Earth have the energy to hurtle through space around the Sun at an incredible velocity
Simply because it's the natural way it's supposed to be
Same goes for running. Anyone's capable of running a 4 minute mile at any seconds
People just convince themselves they can't
I'm a truck driver. And every once in a while I'll drive past the old age home and some old-timer will come hurtling out of a second-floor window and begin sprinting along the highway for a couple of miles with my semi truck. Happens all the time!
Getting close wrote:
Puffer wrote:
Another cool thing we do is every once in a while we play some virtuoso piano concertos. And no one has any musical training or ability
Average guys conducting an orchestra:
https://improveverywhere.com/2013/09/24/conduct-us/amp/
I'm pretty sure world-class musicians know how to read sheet music and play in an orchestra regardless of whether a experience conductor or some random is standing in front of them
Puffer wrote:
I'm a truck driver. And every once in a while I'll drive past the old age home and some old-timer will come hurtling out of a second-floor window and begin sprinting along the highway for a couple of miles with my semi truck. Happens all the time!
Cops typically don't pull over two parties at once, so who usually gets the speeding ticket? You or the person running alongside your truck?
Or his company may have only like 10 or so people, all former athletes.
utter won wrote:
I can confirm that though none of us ever played sports, most of us keep sprinting spikes in our desks at all times.
Is this your office?
https://mobile.twitter.com/samrap10/status/970672950293745664Yeah at times like that no one's even thinking about tickets
It's like a beautiful sunset people just enjoy it
The sight of an 80 year old guy running 50 miles per hour down the highway is just pure joy
I feel like this a made up story. No one from work is going to want to race something for as little as 20 dollars. Hell they might do it for free, but no one is going to take a 20 dollar incentive seriously.
Belarussiya wrote:
I feel like this a made up story. No one from work is going to want to race something for as little as 20 dollars. Hell they might do it for free, but no one is going to take a 20 dollar incentive seriously.
I agree- the incentive seems waaay too low. Does sound made-up.
Most people know it’s a troll. They’re just pointing out weaknesses in the attempt.
Did not win wrote:
Our office is pretty close to a track, so we decided to race a mile yesterday on a whim to "fight the holiday weight gain". About 70% of the office participated since the winner would receive $20. There was an "under 40" division and a "40+ year old" division for men and women.
In the men's under 40 division, the winning time was a 5:18, the median time was around 6:15-6:20, and the absolute slowest was 7:24 by a 225 lb guy in his mid 30s. The men's 40+ division and the women's under 40 division was about 1-2 minutes slower. I ran a 5:44 (still recovering from an injury) in the men's under 40 division, which was only good enough for 5th place.
Everyone always assumes that the average guy is out of shape, but that isn't the case. Not many people ran, but almost all of them were active in some way. Activities included triathlons, pick up basketball, soccer matches with friends, adult softball leagues, 10+ mile hikes, etc. Even the ones who didn't go out or play a sport ran on the treadmill quite frequently (150 minutes a week, so 18 MPW at 8:20 min/mile pace). The 225 lb guy may have been classified as obese based on BMI, but he was a muscle bound avid lifter.
Don't underestimate the average guy in their current condition. The person walking down the street may be much faster than you think.
This is great. Thanks for sharing the results.
If Strava did this in San Francisco 4 years ago, there could have been around 3-4 guys under 2:22 in the marathon.
You definitely work and a healthy or fitness place, don't you. Please reveal.
Okay, fine. I picked the 5th Avenue Mile, which is a fast course, a good deal downhill, esp. the 2nd half when you might be tiring:
roughly 9,200 finishers, 294 sub 5 and 1808 sub 6.
19.5% beat six in a downhill mile. Most at that race are going to be in the New York running clubs and training quite a bit.
You'll find probably 7-8 minute mile being 50th percentile at this race. Your office is nowhere near representative of untrained America.
This is insane if true... I work in a factory, and I bet the average time would be 11-something.
zxcvzxvc wrote:
Okay, fine. I picked the 5th Avenue Mile, which is a fast course, a good deal downhill, esp. the 2nd half when you might be tiring:
roughly 9,200 finishers, 294 sub 5 and 1808 sub 6.
19.5% beat six in a downhill mile.
After eliminating all of the females and the males under 20 or over 40, the median time looks to be in the low 6s. Doesn't seem to be that much different than the OP's office.
Yes. The office of random guys does as well as the self selected guys running a competitive 1 mile road race in NYC.
The winner's name ? Albert Einstein
One more step wrote:
zxcvzxvc wrote:
Okay, fine. I picked the 5th Avenue Mile, which is a fast course, a good deal downhill, esp. the 2nd half when you might be tiring:
roughly 9,200 finishers, 294 sub 5 and 1808 sub 6.
19.5% beat six in a downhill mile.
After eliminating all of the females and the males under 20 or over 40, the median time looks to be in the low 6s. Doesn't seem to be that much different than the OP's office.
Incredible ability to compare groups of people. Jeeze louis.
This whole thread is fake news.