Guy wins marathon while wearing Vibram FiveFingers!!!

So he would have been 16th for female at Boston. He would have been 12th female at Chicago, and 113th overall. But, he would hav ebeen 1st female overal at the Pittsburgh Marathon!! However, he would have only been 13th overall.

Congratulations to him. When I was 40, I was running 2:34's and 2:35's.

But I guess when you are in your 30's, and only running 2:37's and winning a race overall, you can hold your head high.

For we live in a day and age when a 17:00 minute 5k time actually wins a race overall.

I can remember running 15:10/:15 in local races in the 80's and not even placing in my age group.

Soon, anything under 20 minutes will be considered an accomplishment for our under-exercised, overweight American youngsters!!!

"We gonna need mo wax!!!"

"Nice sweater, does it come in a V-neck?"

That man needs some NADS!!!

Fat Basturd wrote:

Congratulations to him. When I was 40, I was running 2:34's and 2:35's.

We still don't care.

Fat Basturd wrote:

So he would have been 16th for female at Boston. He would have been 12th female at Chicago, and 113th overall. But, he would hav ebeen 1st female overal at the Pittsburgh Marathon!! However, he would have only been 13th overall.

Congratulations to him. When I was 40, I was running 2:34's and 2:35's.

But I guess when you are in your 30's, and only running 2:37's and winning a race overall, you can hold your head high.

For we live in a day and age when a 17:00 minute 5k time actually wins a race overall.

I can remember running 15:10/:15 in local races in the 80's and not even placing in my age group.

Soon, anything under 20 minutes will be considered an accomplishment for our under-exercised, overweight American youngsters!!!

Ahh, poor baby! Upset that you didn't get your "moment in the sun" when you ran your 2:34s and 2:35s?

Here's a news flash pal, you never qualified for the Olympic Trials, neither has this guy, and neither have I. We're all enjoying a hobby that is healthy and keeps us motivated, regardless of the times we run. Why do you have to be a jerk about it?

Did you ever consider that back when you were running your 15:00 5Ks (also not even remotely competitive on a national level) there weren't as many people participating, and only people with any talent bothered to run races? Didn't think so.

Yes, under 20 for a 5K is an accomplishment for a lot of people who have no talent, yet at least are willing to get out there and do something. And all you can do is make snide comments about them.

Shows your character.

Letsrun needs more posters like you.

Mr.T ate my shoes wrote:

Tell us when he runs an elite time.

Tell us when you give up gay sex.

That guy is a complete butt pirate.

Fat Basturd wrote:

Congratulations to him. When I was 40, I was running 2:34's and 2:35's.

This course is a bitch. So this is a 2:2x effort for this guy, as a warmup for an ultra.

He is a good runner, and a bit of a freak - its a BIG club pal.

As another poster pointed out, the old CR is 2:22, so people are slowing down, or....marathoners are choosing better courses. This thing is for fun. You will not set a PR @ Palos Verdes. Ever.

So now you just rest your fat lazy a** on the coach and mock everyone else's accomplishments? Good for you, you are a real credit to humanity. Or a typical Let's Run poster.

Fat Basturd wrote:

So he would have been 16th for female at Boston. He would have been 12th female at Chicago, and 113th overall. But, he would hav ebeen 1st female overal at the Pittsburgh Marathon!! However, he would have only been 13th overall.

Congratulations to him. When I was 40, I was running 2:34's and 2:35's.

But I guess when you are in your 30's, and only running 2:37's and winning a race overall, you can hold your head high.

For we live in a day and age when a 17:00 minute 5k time actually wins a race overall.

I can remember running 15:10/:15 in local races in the 80's and not even placing in my age group.

Soon, anything under 20 minutes will be considered an accomplishment for our under-exercised, overweight American youngsters!!!

You may not believe this but your torso is bigger than your arms....sounds funny I know but it is true. Your torso generates alot more heat than your arms...No really I'm not BSing you.

Riddle Me This: wrote:

Would it be worth mentioning here if he weren't wearing radical extremist freak footwear? Nope.

No shit, Sherlock.

Fat Basturd wrote:

So he would have been 16th for female at Boston. He would have been 12th female at Chicago, and 113th overall. But, he would hav ebeen 1st female overal at the Pittsburgh Marathon!! However, he would have only been 13th overall.

Congratulations to him. When I was 40, I was running 2:34's and 2:35's.

But I guess when you are in your 30's, and only running 2:37's and winning a race overall, you can hold your head high.

For we live in a day and age when a 17:00 minute 5k time actually wins a race overall.

I can remember running 15:10/:15 in local races in the 80's and not even placing in my age group.

Soon, anything under 20 minutes will be considered an accomplishment for our under-exercised, overweight American youngsters!!!

Blah blah blah. Back in MY day we used to run all up hill. Both ways. Blah blah blah.

Shut the f*** up. Nobody gives a shit about you or what times you ran.

hahahahaha

actually... wrote:

Riddle Me This: wrote:

Would it be worth mentioning here if he weren't wearing radical extremist freak footwear? Nope.

No shit, Sherlock.

Keep digging, Watson.

Props to him for running a good marathon.

But what a fashion statement, lol

Keep in mind he is an ultra runner so he's weird already.

Also with vibram five fingers over 26 miles, he probably wont have many more ahead of him.

And doesn't the "vibram five fingers" sound dirty to you? You can picture a working girl charging $30 for it.

He would have run quicker if he was not wearing those stupid shoes.

Nice job though, I've made the OT in the marathon and I still think 2:37 is good. Most "fit" people I know can't run a 5k at that pace. We read stuff about American's going 26:59 and it is easy to lose grasp that even running 7 pace is respectable. Hell, I just watched the Biggest Loser tonight and those people rolled a 6:28 marathon, 14 min mile pace is not bad for someone who probably could not walk 2 miles at that pace 5 months ago.

But those Vibrams do suck. The Nike FREE is much better (not that I would wear those for a marathon either).

Jefe in the CO wrote:

I would have respected his result more if he had rocked the compression socks as well.

He should go for the socks but no shorts, then he would have the complete set

Yarr!

LEET LERRY wrote:

That guy is a complete butt pirate.