Marathons are a stupid hobbyjogger fetish

u jealous u cant run a marathon bro

You make a valid point in my local scene we have the gods who have ran Boston 6 times at 3 hours and are largely hailed but they never toe the line anything less. They love the 7 minute pace and anything below makes them uncomfortable so they stick to the marathon cause their speed stinks.

Saywhat2 wrote:

You make a valid point in my local scene we have the gods who have ran Boston 6 times at 3 hours and are largely hailed but they never toe the line anything less. They love the 7 minute pace and anything below makes them uncomfortable so they stick to the marathon cause their speed stinks.

how daft can you be? running a marathon at 7 minute per mile is AWESOME! good for those people and that they have a healthy hobby besides drinking at the bar everyday or smokin meth or somethin.

WetJuice wrote:

Saywhat2 wrote:

You make a valid point in my local scene we have the gods who have ran Boston 6 times at 3 hours and are largely hailed but they never toe the line anything less. They love the 7 minute pace and anything below makes them uncomfortable so they stick to the marathon cause their speed stinks.

how daft can you be? running a marathon at 7 minute per mile is AWESOME! good for those people and that they have a healthy hobby besides drinking at the bar everyday or smokin meth or somethin.

Missing the point, they do it cause its comfortable to them. These same people wont try a 5/10k cause they say it "hurts" at the speed they'd have to run it to place and don't want their rep hurt.

This isn't me babbling that was exact words of a few of them in my local run club.

I have more respect for those who smoke meth than run 3 hour marathons.

This is one of the better troll posts I've seen in a while. It hits all the hot buttons. Congrats. Squarely above average. A solid 6.5/10.

I can’t put my finger on why, but for adults who take up running and aren’t just out of college, there is in my area a vibe that training seriously for a fast 5k or even a 10k has an uncle rico self-centered feel, but spending even more time training for a marathon or trail running is cool and admirable.

I remember overhearing some women go off on a 40yr old guy who won a 5k in our area. In their view it would have been acceptable to, a) be fat and slow running a 5k, or b) run side by side with his kid. I don’t think they would have cared if he’d won a local marathon, but heaven forbid he run fast in a local 5k.

OP,

1) What does what other runners do have to do with you? They can do as they please and don't need any comments from you.

2) What does this have to do with Bennifer 2.0?

Yeah this is all relative, but thanks for letting everyone know your opinion on a marathon. Glad i now know this information.

How do we not know 7 min pace doesnt hurt? Again, more projecting. This whole thread is lame. Who cares what people run? Get off your high horse.

I watched the SJD Rotterdam video last night. I understand Seth was not in the elite wave or whatever, but the one he was in - literally ten people after he started were elite hobbyjoggers. And this was at Rotterdam.

I'm with the OP. I'd much rather see your standard road 5K going sub-15, with ten or more coming in before 16 minutes. I want to see everyday road 10K races at sub-31, with a 29 now and then.

The world is content with slowness, apparently. Unless you're winning a WMM, it's okay to be slow as crap.

If you want other people to care more about the thing you care about, even though you are still absolutely free to practice said activity and enjoy it yourself, you really just want people to admire you more. People seem to have a lot of fun at marathons.

I have no idea what you're saying.

It is crazy, though, that I'm 56, and run 5 miles a week, AND STILL WIN 5k RACES now and then.

1) What does Ben Affleck's life decisions have to do with you? He can do as he pleases and doesn't need any comments from you.

2) See 1.

roblox oof sound should run a Marathon but I am pretty sure he never will.
Of course most people have no idea how fast a mile is or a 5k is.
12:35.36 is the record for 5k, so you should be able to do it under 14 minutes right?

Most people run a Marathon because it's an achievable goal which separates them from some snobby track runner who thinks he could run a Marathon a lot faster but he never tries.

Exactly this. Meth is harder than the marathon.

So says the keyboard warrior who couldn't keep up with Meb's marathon pace for 5K TODAY.

5K's hurt. Marathon's induce mind/ body numbing fatigue. Pick your poison.

I have no business participating in a marathon. My 5km pace is 7 minute miles. That being said, there are many people at my fitness level who decide to do one anyway. That is the most mind-boggling to me. I can understand a guy who wants to dip under 3 and qualify for Boston. That's respectable to me, especially if it's a life goal for the runner.

As a male under-40 runner, I don't see any reason to train for any distance over 5km until my 5k time is at least sub-20. Even then, I can't see myself actually racing anything over a 10km until my 5k time is at least 6 minute pace. Those standards aren't for everyone, but they are ones that make sense to me. I would do a longer race up to a half before then as a fun run/workout, but it doesn't make sense to me to target the longer races when I'm not yet able to complete 5km at a pace that undeniably qualifies as running.

Running a marathon+ makes no sense to me at all to treat as a funrun or a workout. It's neither. It's not good for your body. It takes a long time to recover from the race.