Dean Karnezes is America's Greatest Runner

I have always been a fan of Dean, and I have always defended him on this board.

I think what he does is fantastic, and I wish I could do the same.

But if he allowed the magazine to have that title, I am ashamed of him.

That is flat-out awful, and he should be embarrassed.

I will no longer defend him, what a bunch of BS.

Who is greater?

Meb

Abdi

Ritz

Gilmore

Sell

Lagat

Hall

Fam

Khalid

Hussein

Shay

cox

Moran

Webb

Riley

Lincoln

Slattery

Wariner

Robinson

Krummenacher

Teg

Goucher

Torres (both of them)

Cabada

Jurek

Carpenter

anyone who ran in NCAAs Cross

the hundreds of people who beat him at NYC (lance included)

my co-worker who walked and talked with people the last few miles at chicago and still beat him

"Dean Karnazes might just be the fittest man in the world." - Men's Fitness magazine

HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

for all of you out there who don't know, Dean Karnazes is more of a middle-aged recreational runner than a competitive super athlete. He "might just be the most overrated, most publicized man in the world." The amazing thing is that he has successfully fooled the non-running media into thinking he is awesome. Wow

You have to check out the 360 degrees spin feature......

http://www.ultramarathonman.com/flash/index.html

It's pretty clear that Dean isn't America's greatest running RACER if that's the definition you want to use.

I'm not one to fawn over his accomplishments, but during the Endurance 50 thing he was logging 180+ miles per week and now he's running across the country at the rate of about 45 miles per day. He may not be the fastest guy, but I'm betting there aren't a lot of people running more miles than Dean. Any criteria for "greatest" will be arguable, but if you use "running the most" or "running the furthest" Deans certainly in contention for the title.

holy shit,.. i want to start training just to kick his ass... he claims he ran a sub 6 mile at the end of his 262 miler....and claims he is a 2:30 marathoner...

Citizen Runner wrote:

It's pretty clear that Dean isn't America's greatest running RACER if that's the definition you want to use.

I'm not one to fawn over his accomplishments, but during the Endurance 50 thing he was logging 180+ miles per week and now he's running across the country at the rate of about 45 miles per day. He may not be the fastest guy, but I'm betting there aren't a lot of people running more miles than Dean. Any criteria for "greatest" will be arguable, but if you use "running the most" or "running the furthest" Deans certainly in contention for the title.

i know some retirees that are playing more holes of golf per week than tiger woods but, i wouldn't say they are better than tiger.

according to your argument they are better golfers because they play more than tiger he is just a better tournament player.

dude, badargument is right on the money. i have a friend of a friend who did the same thing (www.50in50in50.com). Sam Thompson did it without the hype and the coverage and for no money of his own and no ridiculous bus. i think that his average time was faster than dean krapnazes. i love the list of better runners and guaran-damn-tee that they could all run longer and faster than this guy. i would add anyone who has run a marathon faster than this guys PR, whatever it is. America's Greatest Runner- WHAT A FREAKING JOKE!!!!

Worse than the fact that the unquestionably accomplished Dean Karnazes receives well-deserved accolades essentially for being a purveyor of the unattempted (think David Blaine), this irresistible hunk of man-meat receives undue credit for being a sex symbol. While I readily admit that he's gorgeous beyond most stereotypical homoerotic or feminine desires, his prognathous jaw alone makes him unfit for wank-off or dildo-diddly fantasies of any kind; as unusually ripped as he is for an endurance athelete, he's no more muscular than the average runner and only appears to be thanks to his oil and his body razor.

So if that alluring piece of goofy-looking ass is really the best male that running can offer the rest of the world in terms of visual appeal, then we fellas -- while continuing to pay little attention to how good or "cool" we look to others as we always have -- might as well slit our scrawny, pimple-covered throats right now.

Might this be a bleeder? wrote:

Who is greater?

How about Sam Thompson? He did the 50-50-50 thing BEFORE Deano, started with freaking Leadville, and actually did two in one day to get in Washington D.C. and make it 51-51-50.

Round two:

Deano raised a lot of publicity

Sam raised a lot of money and awareness of rebuilding effort post-Katrina.

2-0, Sam.

what i don't understand is how Dean logs all of these miles. How does he do it? He isn't minimalist! It can't be done what he does. He is a phenomenon. Slamming his legs into the ground for as long as he does makes me want to cry. HOORAY MINIMALISM!!

If you look at the the video on the upper part of his web page you'll see that what he does is actually closer to walking than running.

well that explains everything.

The subject of a magazine story would not get to choose the headline or coverline associated with the piece.

Outside routinely exaggerates and over-hypes, but this is pretty egregious.

It used to be a decent magazine.

This happens in every field.

For example, in Canada, Anne Murray is known as a great singer.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.......

dean karnazes is a joke and a disgrace to every real runner in America,

he is over-hyped over publicized and an egotistical talentless , terrible runner

i definately feel many people should write letters to the editor. there are so many damn talented runners out there, and to say he is americas greatest runner is a slap on everyones face (the guys who are actually representing america in world cc and track meets). it just goes to show what america thinks of runners. no wonder we cant produce any runners, it is more important to run 100 miles in a day at 15 min mile pace than to run a 13:30 5k etc...

i am pissed.

People have real lives to lead. I am sure many top runners could 'outlast' a stiff like Dean Karnazes if they wanted to, but there is nothing in it. He is a plodding piece of shit, all self-promoting smoke and mirrors. Real runners with actual talent have better things to do with their lives, i.e. running sub-2:12 marathons and sub-28:00 minute 10Ks.