Man wins 3 marathons in 8 days. Uses prize money for son's illness

Are you kidding me? The man ran 2:24 and then 2:32 the next morning. Then he ran 2:24 again the next week. I would get it if they were 2:50's, but this actually is impressive.

But I guess since you're a typical letsrunner, sub 2:20 is a jog for you.

Is no one else disgusted that a man HAS to do this to pay his son's medical bills in a "first world" country?

Neutral Observertard wrote:

Is no one else disgusted that a man HAS to do this to pay his son's medical bills in a "first world" country?

I definitely agree

Hey ball zach, re read my post, I did say it was impressive. Not super competitive fields, but impressive none the less. This sounds like something Mike Wardian has done/tried in the past. It is sad he did thispartially to raise money for his kids's medical expenses. Wonder what he could do on a fast course in a competitive race?

Kudos for not crowdfunding first.

Neutral Observertard wrote:

Is no one else disgusted that a man HAS to do this to pay his son's medical bills in a "first world" country?

Yes, I'm disgusted that he chose to enjoy his training instead of doing some work society needs, like cleaning or flipping burgers.

I think it's truly incredible. Oh sure, 2:24 is not a world class time, but jeez, running a 2:32 the next day? The day after my 9 marathons, all of which were considerably slower, I could not have walked 26.2 miles at any speed. I had trouble driving 26.2 miles. And then running another 2:24 the next week?

I second this -- I am no where near as fast as him so I don't know how this ranks as far as difficultly level of this achievement, but basically averaging sub 2:30 for 3 marathons in 3 weeks seems super impressive to me. I wonder how hard he trains / what his true potential actually is.

crowds with money wrote:

Kudos for not crowdfunding first.

Speaking of crowd-funding...

somehow a bunch of bigoted pizza flippers in Indiana can raise $500k in support of their shitty gay bashing dump of a restaurant...meanwhile this guy busts his ass for a measly $5k.

Something is wrong here.

I catch enough grief from my wife that I don't spend enough time with my kid because of my training. If my son had a life-threatening illness, I would not be running 8-10 hours a week.

This reeks of selfishness, and I hope he gets his priorities in order soon.

gimmeabreak wrote:

crowds with money wrote:

Kudos for not crowdfunding first.

Speaking of crowd-funding...

somehow a bunch of bigoted pizza flippers in Indiana can raise $500k in support of their shitty gay bashing dump of a restaurant...meanwhile this guy busts his ass for a measly $5k.

Something is wrong here.

Absolutely.

Jeff Albertson wrote:

I catch enough grief from my wife that I don't spend enough time with my kid because of my training. If my son had a life-threatening illness, I would not be running 8-10 hours a week.

This reeks of selfishness, and I hope he gets his priorities in order soon.

Your post reeks of stupidity. You don't think he spoke with his wife about this plan? Many families in similar circumstances will do what is ever in their means to raise extra money, whether it is one parent working overtime or getting a second job. This guy was able to raise it with spending some extra hours per week training and spending less time away from his family to make $5,000 than the average person working overtime or a second job. Those latter instances most likely involve being away in the evenings or weekends for multiple hours. His extra training could have been in mornings before the family wakes up or later at night after they go to bed.

drgdry wrote:

Neutral Observertard wrote:

Is no one else disgusted that a man HAS to do this to pay his son's medical bills in a "first world" country?

I definitely agree

I agree, too.

Wow, what an effort. This guy deserves some type of award, for both his running prowess and his expression of love and duty.

Jeff Albertson wrote:

I catch enough grief from my wife that I don't spend enough time with my kid because of my training. If my son had a life-threatening illness, I would not be running 8-10 hours a week.

This reeks of selfishness, and I hope he gets his priorities in order soon.

^this

But runners will believe any tear dripping story as long as it involves running.

Can we get this guy a sponsor?

Jeff Albertson wrote:

I catch enough grief from my wife that I don't spend enough time with my kid because of my training. If my son had a life-threatening illness, I would not be running 8-10 hours a week.

This reeks of selfishness, and I hope he gets his priorities in order soon.

I almost took the time to try to reason with you!

Jeff Albertson wrote:

I catch enough grief from my wife that I don't spend enough time with my kid because of my training. If my son had a life-threatening illness, I would not be running 8-10 hours a week.

This reeks of selfishness, and I hope he gets his priorities in order soon.

His son is NINE MONTHS OLD. What's his dad going to do about this besides make some money? Are we all supposed to be pediatric spine surgeons?

We don't know how long they've known what the chosen procedure to fix this was going to be or how much it was going to cost. If the guy is running 2:24, he's obviously been training for years. Do you really think that a father should sacrifice a big part of his life, running, (and likely some of his sanity) to "be around" another 8-10 hours a week?

YOUR post reeks of selfishness and a narrow-minded superiority. I've lived with a child with a life threatening illness, I'm guessing you haven't. A healthy life has to have balance and I applaud Brian for finding some of that amidst the storm.

It didn't specify what kind of spina bifida so you have now way of knowing if it was life threatening, and it really appears it was not, so...

Jeff Albertson wrote:

I catch enough grief from my wife that I don't spend enough time with my kid because of my training. If my son had a life-threatening illness, I would not be running 8-10 hours a week.

This reeks of selfishness, and I hope he gets his priorities in order soon.

eswallace wrote:

Can we get this guy a sponsor?

I have been thinking the same thing.