RunnerOnRoad wrote:
Just came across this. Honestly, are these 8 hour marathons a joke? I don't understand what type of events these are. 8 hours of walking around day after day seems to me like a fundraiser or something. Relay for Life maybe? Never in my life have I heard of someone claiming to break running records while continuously walking. Not trying to be disrespectful here one bit but this is not even close to my definition of breaking running records.
This goes back to what I said several posts ago. She, PM, is claiming to be "doing" all these marathons because of absolutely shady wording of the time limits. It's a joke, honestly.
Case in point, PM is (and has been doing) the Charlie Alewine Races
http://charliealewineracing.jimdo.com/races/The website specifically says there is a 6 hour time limit for the races.
"THERE IS A 6 HOUR TIME LIMIT FOR ALL RACES. If you need more than 6 hours to complete your race, you must start early."
So there really is no limit at all, as long as you start early. If you start on time, you have 6 hours. If you start early, you can enjoy all the time you want. Well, what's to stop someone from starting early at 7:29 (instead of 7:30) just to enjoy all the time they want to finish?
Her (PM) own website says "Start / Finish Time
All events start at 7:30am each day. Course closes at 3:30pm every day allowing 8 hours time limit per day for all races, No Runner Left Behind. Early start option, you must let race director know if you want early start option at least one day in advance.Early start option is self supported until official start."
So since no one is there to actually verify when she (or any of them) starts or stops (If the course closes at 3:30 and you are still on it, isn't your race over?) Don't most normal people think like that?
To claim you have done all of these marathons because you and your buddy worded the time limits of your races so ambiguous as to play to your advantage is, honestly, laughable at best. It's actually quite disturbing. Is she that vain and needing of acceptance by others? It's like a little kid. "I did 200 marathons this year. I'm awesome. You should envy me. I did good, right?"