This is wild. The guy is 59 and the article says "Edwards’ marathon running career now spans 42 years and he has averaged an official marathon race every 13 days for the last 34 of those."
How in the world is that possible?So many questions.
1) How does he have the body to to do this?
2) How does he have the time to do this?
3) How does he have the money to do this?
Anyone know if he's single? I guess when I was coaching I was workingn 35-40 weekends a year but this is mind-blowing to me.
This is wild. The guy is 59 and the article says "Edwards’ marathon running career now spans 42 years and he has averaged an official marathon race every 13 days for the last 34 of those."
How in the world is that possible?So many questions.
1) How does he have the body to to do this?
2) How does he have the time to do this?
3) How does he have the money to do this?
Anyone know if he's single? I guess when I was coaching I was workingn 35-40 weekends a year but this is mind-blowing to me.
1) How does he have the body to to do this?
42 years and 1000 marathons are less than 24 marathons a year. So one every two weekends.
That is very doable and many have done that kind of thing. The 100 Marathon Club lists 20 runners above the 1000 mark. And some runners are not in that club.
2) How does he have the time to do this?
You can do that with a normal job in Europe. Probably not in the US.
3) How does he have the money to do this?
Again, you either live in Europe with a decent wage and vacation time or you are a trust fund kid which is more likely in the US.
Different people have different priorities. Just last weekend I meet a couple who is doing the one Marathon in every state thing.
We raced bikes twice each weekend for most of the year, for nearly a decade. That's nearly 1500 races, and we paid for all of them. Won some money back, yes, but had expenses. It's called having a job, Rojo.
WOW. My god as I love this story a LOT and a TON as my friend agrees with me that this guy is as old as me and I nearly fell off my chair as I was getting ready for my hourly nap and as it was TV time and as them damn kids are on my lawn again and as I hope my good buddy Putin sends a hit squad after them as weres my beer?
I detest these types of achievements. They are all about more is better and quantity over quality. If he had run one sub 15 5K (kudos to him if he has), it would be worth way more than his 1000 dawdling marathons.
I detest these types of achievements. They are all about more is better and quantity over quality. If he had run one sub 15 5K (kudos to him if he has), it would be worth way more than his 1000 dawdling marathons.
He is not doing it to impress you.
He is just doing it to have a goal in life, see a lot of different places and run with a lot of other runners.
What's not to like about that.
Your amazing 5k time means not much if you explained it to the average sub 30 minute 5k racer.
What's helped is we have a lot of events here where he can race twice a weekend,also have a few 10 in 10 day events where he racks the numbers up quickly.
Best of all he's actually a really nice guy,I've been in the same races a few times and he always encourages everyone around him
Ok this is just my opinion and this is a public forum. I believe in everything in moderation and 1000 miles can't be good on the body or the skin for that matter (probably a high chance of developing skin cancer). Also, running "sub 3:30" is such a meaningless and arbitrary goal. Literally the only reason for him doing this is he enjoys it, but I reckon he has become slightly obcessed.
Ok this is just my opinion and this is a public forum. I believe in everything in moderation and 1000 miles can't be good on the body or the skin for that matter (probably a high chance of developing skin cancer). Also, running "sub 3:30" is such a meaningless and arbitrary goal. Literally the only reason for him doing this is he enjoys it, but I reckon he has become slightly obcessed.
Ok this is just my opinion and this is a public forum. I believe in everything in moderation and 1000 miles can't be good on the body or the skin for that matter (probably a high chance of developing skin cancer). Also, running "sub 3:30" is such a meaningless and arbitrary goal. Literally the only reason for him doing this is he enjoys it, but I reckon he has become slightly obcessed.
Meant to say 1000 *marathons*.
I’m impressed. At 44 I find it hard to stay healthy for 1 marathon, and I did 14 of them in my 30s.
Sure, he’s not elite but it’s a positive goal to shoot for. He may be risking some injury in his late years, but it’s better than eating donuts and smoking cigarettes for fun.
Ok this is just my opinion and this is a public forum. I believe in everything in moderation and 1000 miles can't be good on the body or the skin for that matter (probably a high chance of developing skin cancer). Also, running "sub 3:30" is such a meaningless and arbitrary goal. Literally the only reason for him doing this is he enjoys it, but I reckon he has become slightly obcessed.
I am sure your personal running goals are as meaningless.
Literally the only reason for him doing this is he enjoys it, but I reckon he has become slightly obsessed.
That can be said about any hobby that someone becomes passionate about; running, stamp collecting, bird watching etc. There is a fine line between passion and obsession. In my opinion if it is not negatively impacting other people (i.e. his close family), then there is no problem with it.
1000 Marathons is damn impressive, 42 years of running. 1000S of hours of hard work. That screams dedication. good for that man achieving something so insanely out there. longevity is the game pal and this guy is winning.
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