Sacrificing the race of your life to save spectator in trouble

You are a moron and if you have to think twice about this you might be a sociopath.

It's a no brainer really, B, but maybe A, depending on the outcome. Chances are there would be others to help them at mile 25 as well.

You'd be a bit weird to continue, seeing a loved one attacked. I would think instinct would kick in anyway to protect them, so you wouldn't really be making a conscious decision.

Banana Bread wrote:

I was thinking of an interesting scenario. Let's say you are at mile 25 of a marathon and are running the race of your life, and you will never be at this level again. You have someone important to you spectating at the 25 mile mark. It could be a soulmate, a family member or best friend. As you pass by you witness them being attacked by someone. What would you do?

A) DNF your race to help them

B) Stop and defeat the attackers and then continue the race, but your time will be disappointing compared to what you could do

C) Try and continue as fast as possible and go back to the place of the incident as quickly as possible after crossing the line.

Your title was a better scenario— of course you’d help a friend, family member. But what about a person you don’t know.

I would hope God would give karma to the attacker. If it was a person you don't know what would be interesting. It is hard to know. I only asked because most people here are crazy so any answer wouldn't surprise me.

I was leading a road race when struck by a truck. The kid in 2nd continued on but everyone else stopped to assist. He sent me the winning trophy a few weeks later.

Sorry, but if I'm about to win a race, I hope someone else will help you.

It wasn't a marathon, but my teammate was well on his way to winning and Pring in an 8k during cross season last year when the lead bike crashed and dude was seriously harmed. My teammate went and got help, made sure they reached the guy, then got back in the race from the spot he had left. Ended up with third and a way slower time. He didn't think about it twice and has no regrets.

Banana Bread wrote:

I was thinking of an interesting scenario. Let's say you are at mile 25 of a marathon and are running the race of your life, and you will never be at this level again. You have someone important to you spectating at the 25 mile mark. It could be a soulmate, a family member or best friend. As you pass by you witness them being attacked by someone. What would you do?

A) DNF your race to help them

B) Stop and defeat the attackers and then continue the race, but your time will be disappointing compared to what you could do

C) Try and continue as fast as possible and go back to the place of the incident as quickly as possible after crossing the line.

Kind of a dumb question since you obviously wouldn't let someone that close to you be attacked....but let's change the scenario to this.....

You are running the race of your life and are at mile 25 of the marathon and you witness another runner just ahead of you fall down clutching their chest, near their heart....then what do you do??

Any answer other than C or D (letting the Free Market decide the outcome) sounds like liberals trying to limit my freedom of movement.

If there are other people around, I'd continue running and feign ignorance. I don't have the skills to help someone who's having a heart attack or similar health crisis. If I did have the skills, I'd most definitely stop. If no one else was around, I'd forget about the race and attempt to track someone down. Because the finish line is generally the best place to find help, I might still finish the race...

Banana Bread wrote:

I was thinking of an interesting scenario. Let's say you are at mile 25 of a marathon and are running the race of your life, and you will never be at this level again. You have someone important to you spectating at the 25 mile mark. It could be a soulmate, a family member or best friend. As you pass by you witness them being attacked by someone. What would you do?

A) DNF your race to help them

B) Stop and defeat the attackers and then continue the race, but your time will be disappointing compared to what you could do

C) Try and continue as fast as possible and go back to the place of the incident as quickly as possible after crossing the line.

When I saw the headline, I assumed this scenario was about a stranger. My response was "If you don't stop and help them, you are a terrible person and have awful priorities." Then I saw it was about an important loved one? Is anyone actually considering C here?

If so, you aren't good enough for that person's love. I pity the people who are close to you.

D) I ignore the incident and run a new PB. I mean, how could I help them anyway, I'm a scrawny runner who has already run 25 miles.

Banana Bread wonders why his dates don't go better. He probably asks these type of questions on first dates, and when she answers - 'stop and save my loved one, of course', he tells her that this is the wrong answer and that a PB would be more important.

Banana Bread might be slim, but I still wouldn't like to be seated behind him in an emergency crash landing...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-07/russian-plane-crash-survivor-aeroflot-moscow/11086258

This actually happened to me -- I saved the person, and now she and I are going to get married.

Correction -- I just made that up.

What would Walmsley do? That is the question.

What would Bekele have done? wrote:

Banana Bread wonders why his dates don't go better. He probably asks these type of questions on first dates, and when she answers - 'stop and save my loved one, of course', he tells her that this is the wrong answer and that a PB would be more important.

Banana Bread might be slim, but I still wouldn't like to be seated behind him in an emergency crash landing...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-07/russian-plane-crash-survivor-aeroflot-moscow/11086258

When you are exiting an airplane, you are supposed to take your luggage with you. Everyone knows that. God is also judging people who don't put their seat backs and tray tables in the fully upright position.

The point is moot. Banana Nut has no soulmate or friends, and no family member would ever come out to watch him "race".