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"Let's be clear, someone who takes more than 2 hours 45 minutes to complete a marathon didn't run a marathon, they jogged."
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Pure trollery.
I can recognise that other peoples achievements (that may mean nothing to me) are special and personal to those people, and what is an achievement to me may mean nothing to anyone else. So whether your marathon is 2 hours or 6, it shouldn't matter.
A 'simple' marathon, eh? Obviously written by someone who has never actually trained for and run a marathon. I've done London twice: in 2005 I did it in 4:56:51; and in 2007 I ran it in 5:04:13.
I still consider myself a runner, not a jogger. Let's face it, if you can complete a marathon you're not a jogger, but a runner.
A load of hogwash from the Guardian.
@Rickster, It's not the Guardians opinion or fault, just a comment from someone looking to cause a shit storm I think!
a least he came up with a nice good 2:50 time to do a marathon..........shows its not our friend david as he would have had much lower standards
interesting article. makes some good points re levels of participation in these events. in the space of just a few years it has become very difficult to even gain an entry to many ultras, whereas before it was just a handful of nutjobs.
it's all good.
i do agree with the bit about people just ask what time you finished.
most of them dont even run themselves but still like to comment on the times
as human beings live longer get (on the whole) healthier (despite what newspapers would have you believe and bigger/stronger, it stands to reason that the boundaries for human achievement/endurance will be pushed further.
In my opinion, what the blog writer says is true as regards finishing a marathon not being that impressive now. whether or that you are offended by that i guess depends on whether you run marathons to impress people or not.
But anyone who thinks its easy needs to lace up their trainers and go out there and do it. The back of the pack at marathons is full of people who thought they could go from 5k to 26 miles with 6 weeks training, having a completely miserable race.
Better still, go and do an Ironman, there'll be no more comments about a marathon being easy! After swimming 3.8km and cycling 180km, trying to run 42.2km - easy it ain't!
Wuss.... Even the girlie girls round here race IM
only the ones with testicular fortitude.
It's a bit of a cheat in that suit though.
Yeah, maybe when my marathons start getting slower.
And you learn how to swim...
I can swim!! I just like to have a rest every 25 metres or so.
Did you have to use performance enhancing drugs to do well at geography and math too?
I'm British, can't resist a good Australia bash