My car has 0, 10, 20, 30 etc up to 160 on the speedometer.
My car has 0, 10, 20, 30 etc up to 160 on the speedometer.
"Mara-thong" would be an interesting event.
Hrm...Hrm... wrote:
I drive a small SUV with a 13.1 sticker on the back. I'm not into stickers or decals, but it's there.
I fit the LetsRun.com demographic (posited earlier) pretty well: I was a competitive runner in high school who was somewhat less-than-wholeheartedly recruited to run D-II and D-III, and decided to attend a D-I college instead which did not hold walk-on try-outs, and thus ended my competitive running career. I ran 14 and 15 mile training runs in high school for fun. So to complete the stereotype, I thought the 13.1 sticker was really silly (although I was still impressed by the people who actually finished marathons).
My wife did not run in school. She swam (not competitively) and never understood the need to run or swim fast when you could just run for fun. She's more into yoga and hiking. She's run four half-marathons - two before we were together and two in the past year that I ran with her. She's never run faster than 2:20. She probably can, but she hasn't been trying to, and that's really okay.
At 57 my dad decided to take up running. He'd been to all my track meets and worked out at his local gym on a Stairmaster, but his second running phase (after his first in junior high) ended when he slipped on ice and broke his leg back in the 70's. At 59 he ran his first road race: a 5 mile Thanksgiving Turkey Trot and I ran it with him in 50 minutes with negative splits. At 60 he ran his first half marathon in 2:30 on the nose. He's now planning his next two road races and aiming for 45 min for this Thanksgiving's race. For Father's Day I bought him a 13.1 sticker. It was the only thing he said he wanted. I bought one for my wife, too, and they put their stickers on the cars together.
Most of my training runs are at a pace faster than my wife has ever run a 5K. But she's proud of the 13.1 sticker and I'm proud of her. The most fun I've ever had during a half-marathon has been running with my wife and the most proud I have ever been was finishing with my dad. And the sticker makes me think of them.
All of us runners need to chill out a little bit. :-)
This post made me cry. I am now going to walk out to my car, tears streaming down my face, and carve "13.1 forever!" into my car door.
Thank you sir for restoring my faith in humanity.
Long John wrote:
An ultra runner friend of mine has a 200 Mile sticker on the back of his car...now that is an accomplishment.
no, that's a mental condition.
This is a better/funnier thread than current one on same topic. This one deserves da bump.
better thread wrote:
This is a better/funnier thread than current one on same topic. This one deserves da bump.
And I'm glad you did. This thread is a perfect example of what I mean when I tell people, "Don't bother with LetsRun.com, it's full of snotty little d**kheads and sociopaths." If they're curious, I can just link them right to this.
Thanks!
Anyone should be able to move their bodies 13.1 or even 26.2. If you cannot then you suck at life.
What is more impressive is fast times for said races, or even for shorter races.
my window sticker says "my kid is an honer student and my president an idiot"
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