Lady called the running store i work at and said she was training for a 3.1 mile marathon...

Pheidippides ran wrote:

Continuous wrote:

Pheidippides ran a 25 mile marathon.

But in all seriousness be kind to new runners. They dont know yet so just help them out. Help them with the distinction and terminology. Everybody learns and the human process continues.

No, Pheidippides ran 150 miles out and back--300 miles--from Sparta to Athens. The town of Marathon may have been a watering hole along the route.

Check yourself troll. 150 miles over two days.***

He ran 25 miles from the battlefield near Marathon to Athens which is where the name comes from obviously.

Disgraceful wrote:

Johnny Carsuck wrote:

That lady probably makes more in a day than you do for a week. Just keep your mouth shut and sell shoes, Bundy.

Why do you think wealth = worth in society/self worth?

Because Leader Trump said, "You can't be great if you're not rich."

Continuous wrote:

Pheidippides ran wrote:

No, Pheidippides ran 150 miles out and back--300 miles--from Sparta to Athens. The town of Marathon may have been a watering hole along the route.

Check yourself troll. 150 miles over two days.***

He ran 25 miles from the battlefield near Marathon to Athens which is where the name comes from obviously.

You are incorrect. Pheidippides ran 150 miles, then another 150 miles, then 25 miles, all in succession. He croaked at Marathon, but he ran from Sparta to Athens then back to Sparta.

BTW: the proper transliteration of the name is Marathónas. In Greek it is Μαραθώνας. American butchered the name to Marathon.

Pheidippides ran wrote:

The traditional story relates that Pheidippides (530–490 BC), an Athenian herald or hemerodrome (translated as "day-runner" (Kyle 2007), "courier" (Larcher 1806), "professional-running courier" (Sears 2003) or "day-long runner" (Miller 2006), was sent to Sparta to request help when the Persians landed at Marathon, Greece. He ran about 240 km (150 mi) in two days. He then ran the 40 km (25 mi) from the battlefield near Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) with the word νικῶμεν (nikomen "We win!"), as stated by Lucian chairete, nikomen ("hail, we are the winners") and then collapsed and died.

Nice cut and paste directly from Wikipedia. Word for word. You should have cited it instead of trying to look like you knew it already.

If you had read further, you would have found a discussion showing the Marathon part of the story to have little credible evidence supporting it.

I will summarize those points from wikipedia and also what I learned in a college greek history class. I was not a history major but I was very interested in greek/roman history. I remember the prof ranted about 30minutes about how the legend of Pheidippides collapsing and dying was BS.

There is no reliable historical evidence that a Pheidippides ran from Marathon to Athens. That was invented about 500 years later by Plutarch and later Lucian (a Roman). Later the poet Robert Browning in 1879 wrote a poem romanticizing this story further. It is this poem that supposedly influenced the modern Olympic games to have the marathon.

Apparently, a Pheidippides did do the 150 mile run to Sparta and back. Herodotus mentions this 30 years after. He also interviewed some of the participants in the battle of Marathon. Yet, Herodotus doesn't mention Pheidippides run from Marathon to Athens at all and there is no mention of a messenger dying. So if the dude writing closest to the time it happened fails to mention such a momentous occasion, I'm probably going to believe him over romanized and romanticized versions much later.

Art Vandelay the fake one wrote:

The real question: did he die from exhaustion, or did the Greeks kill him because he wouldn't shut up about it?

+1

Send her to Wallsmart for a pair of Skechers,she'll be fine.

rat face wrote:

Kiddo, for a running store to keep its doors open, these are the type of folks you HAVE to sell to. Experienced runners already know what shoes they want, so they buy them online where they're so much cheaper. Be thankful for the newbie hobby joggers. They're the reason you have a job.

If you didn't sell her a fuel belt to go with her shoes, you're in the wrong line of business.

Always bee closing wrote:

rat face wrote:

Kiddo, for a running store to keep its doors open, these are the type of folks you HAVE to sell to. Experienced runners already know what shoes they want, so they buy them online where they're so much cheaper. Be thankful for the newbie hobby joggers. They're the reason you have a job.

If you didn't sell her a fuel belt to go with her shoes, you're in the wrong line of business.

Lets List

shoes

socks

laces

shorts

vest

hat

glasses

hydration belt & bottles

warm up suit

reflective tape decals

gps watch

sunscreen

assorted gels

instruction videos

waterproof pen/sharpie

packet of safety pins

There must be more that a good salesman would outfit her with.

Packet of safety pins ain't a bad investment, I got one. Some races are skimpy, will only give you two.

Tornsituation wrote:

Today I received a phone call at the running store that I work at and she explained that she needed good shoes for the 3.1 mile marathon she was training for. This moment was unlike anything I had previously endured, I politely explained that she could come in and we would help her, however deep inside my soul I wanted to fix her hobby jogger ways.

If you were in my situation would you have roasted her? If so what would you have said?

A good salesman will sell you one car. A great salesman will sell you 5 cars over the next 15 years. Don't be a douche, be kind and encourage her, convince her to come back after the race and see if she's got the running bug and then you can sell her lots more stuff.

Tornsituation wrote:

Today I received a phone call at the running store that I work at and she explained that she needed good shoes for the 3.1 mile marathon she was training for. This moment was unlike anything I had previously endured, I politely explained that she could come in and we would help her, however deep inside my soul I wanted to fix her hobby jogger ways.

If you were in my situation would you have roasted her? If so what would you have said?

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Tornsituation wrote:

Today I received a phone call at the running store that I work at and she explained that she needed good shoes for the 3.1 mile marathon she was training for. This moment was unlike anything I had previously endured, I politely explained that she could come in and we would help her, however deep inside my soul I wanted to fix her hobby jogger ways.

If you were in my situation would you have roasted her? If so what would you have said?

Oh come on, you must not be a regular around here.

She was training for a 3:11 marathon, specifically a 3:11:45. You could have sold her an F-150.

I agree that you did the right thing from a business standpoint, while I also agree with you on her being a retard.

Johnny is obviously another retard.

OP,

I'm training for a 100 meter marathon, will you help me find some shoes?

I would have said, "Great! We would love to help you meet your goals. Come in and we will figure out the best shoe for you"

By the way, without hobby joggers, you will be out of a job.

Why would you roast someone? You sound mean.

you work at a shoe store. stop judging people