I was once beaten by a fat person in a hot dog eating contest, but never in a footrace.
I was once beaten by a fat person in a hot dog eating contest, but never in a footrace.
I ran a half-marathon 3 years ago and went out with the 1:35 pace group; about 15-20 of us including one guy built like George Costanza - short legs, thick torso, quick turnover though. I thought "this can't last very long" but sure enough I arrived at the finish in 1:34 and this dude is already sipping a Gatorade. Well done, sir.
Not sure? I got the Third Place Trophy in a Sprint Tri once ( mountain bike division), after the event was over a young fat kid (over 210lbs) stated to me, if I remember being passed by him? Claiming there was a mistake in the official results, seemed like a honest kid, so I gave him the Trophy. Me 55 male, him mid 20s. BTW. ...felt good to give it to him.
Yes, I was once beaten by a fat person in a race.
We were at one point the only 2 runners on a lonely stretch of a 5k. I estimate that she was about 5'1 and was carrying about 300 lbs.
She tripped me, punched me in the face when I came to one knee then executed a perfect side kick to the temple, leaving me unconscious until 2 participants in the walking division discovered me about 2 hours later.
We weren't even in the same division.
No, but I once got beat by a "non-runner"... dude was in kicks, headphones, no shirt, super long shorts, no watch, went out hammering, I caught him, made a move, figured he was gone, passed me back at 2.5, I hammered again, and he just keeps going, I lose 15:32 to 15:41 in a local 5K. Never heard of the guy ever, then or since. No idea mystery runner.
Fat man from New Zealand beating me in Tokyo has always bothered me. Being beaten by skinny guys from Canada and Australia provided no shame. But the fat man from New Zealand, it just wasn't right.
victim of crime wrote:
Yes, I was once beaten by a fat person in a race.
We were at one point the only 2 runners on a lonely stretch of a 5k. I estimate that she was about 5'1 and was carrying about 300 lbs.
She tripped me, punched me in the face when I came to one knee then executed a perfect side kick to the temple, leaving me unconscious until 2 participants in the walking division discovered me about 2 hours later.
We weren't even in the same division.
Ronda Rousey only weighs 250 lbs.
Our Buckle wrote:
bananas for everyone wrote:I mean really fat. So fat you were shocked he could run faster than you.
I once spent about 15 miles of a marathon trying to shake some jerk who was drafting off me, so closely that I could not see him with a turn of the head.
I was changing sides of the road, varying my speed by big amounts and still couldn't shake the dude.
Then, I passed a store front with a large front window and saw that it was my own backside that had been dogging me. I knew I had been putting on the pounds but this experience finally led me to change my diet and improve my fitness.
Since that time, I don't mock the lipid-challenged citizens and I came to enjoy watching Mike and Molly.
"Lipid challenged," I'm gonna use that to my advantage. My après-running sport now is my church bowling league, Monday nights throughout the winter where I'm still slim among the Buddha bellied, but the wife keeps saying "you've given up, shlubbing around in oversized sweats and Crocs, unshaven all weekend with your mouth full of cheez-its."
Guilty.
normally a winner wrote:
Solinsky beat me once.
Bob "no definition" Kennedy beat me once
OLD SMTC SOB wrote:
bananas for everyone wrote:I mean really fat. So fat you were shocked he could run faster than you.
Not in running, but swimming as I'm also a former NCAA swimmer and now masters. Was at masters nationals in 1999, got my ass kicked by about .5 seconds in my then age group by a huge fat dude in the 50 br who was swimming right next to me. Amazing time also. I was pretty disheartened until I found out he was a former gold medalist.
Swimming is totally different. It is not nearly as much of a disadvantage there because of how gravity works on land and how fat floats. I've seen some very quick fat swimmers. It seems much more common than the equivalent runners.
No but I got 2nd to a guy wearing no shoes in a 5K road race, we were neck n neck the last 400m he kicks but I daren't even respond for embarrassment he out kicks me no shoes on he was very fast!
Had me laughing out loud on this one! This is a best thread I have read in quite a while!
9hub wrote:
No but I got 2nd to a guy wearing no shoes in a 5K road race, we were neck n neck the last 400m he kicks but I daren't even respond for embarrassment he out kicks me no shoes on he was very fast!
Even worse, I got beat by some kid wearing vibram five fingers.
1996 NCAA d1 champs in tucson. I get a great jump off the line. After 200 meters I'm in the top 10% of the field. It's a massive pack and I'm thinking I'm doing fine. Go through the mile thinking I'm doing well and think I'm mid pack.
I take a sec to look around. Should have never looked back. Golf cart is about 30ft behind me signaling DFL. Between me and the cart there were two runners. I think they were both from St. John's but I'm not totally sure. One was anorexic and one was FAT.
It was a LONG 10k.
Funny thing is that I went through the mile in 4:53 if I remember right.
HRH wrote:
Fat guys (some) can dance as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smE3dD0fbE8
Nice....makes me wanna dance...lol
It's my turkey trot tradition to be passed by multiple fat dudes in the final mile or so (I only come in around 21 flat so this is one of the peaks of tubby central)
Another memorable one was last sept in a road 10k, I prd and went 44 flat or whatever, and this totally hairy/flabby manbeast has me easily covered and pulls away in the final two miles and beats me by like a minute. We had been going back-n-forth the first 4
Well played high-BMI guy, well played. Zero muscle definition anywhere lol
kidswillbenotkidsbutsomething wrote:
OLD SMTC SOB wrote:Not in running, but swimming as I'm also a former NCAA swimmer and now masters. Was at masters nationals in 1999, got my ass kicked by about .5 seconds in my then age group by a huge fat dude in the 50 br who was swimming right next to me. Amazing time also. I was pretty disheartened until I found out he was a former gold medalist.
Swimming is totally different. It is not nearly as much of a disadvantage there because of how gravity works on land and how fat floats. I've seen some very quick fat swimmers. It seems much more common than the equivalent runners.
It is indeed.............among distance and open water swimmers plumpness can actually be an advantage. But this guy was FAT, not just plump.
bunch of lieing azz trolls on this forum, you didn't run no 5k in 20 at that obese azz weight
Not to disrespect your contribution, but I don't think the point of the thread was for slow runners to post about how slightly less-slow fatties had beaten them.
Czech locomotive wrote:
I ran a half-marathon 3 years ago and went out with the 1:35 pace group; about 15-20 of us including one guy built like George Costanza - short legs, thick torso, quick turnover though. I thought "this can't last very long" but sure enough I arrived at the finish in 1:34 and this dude is already sipping a Gatorade. Well done, sir.
HotFlamingMoe wrote:
I've been beaten by a fat person, but unfortunately not in a race.
Well you should have known that they don't like to be teased about their weight.