well when I said annoyed I meant more annoyed in an amused sort of way, not annoyed where I could rip their head off sort of annoyed, to be honest I couldnt give a rats ass if a someone does or doesnt know how far a marathon is.Just like I dont care or know the frist thing about rugby football of fly fishing.
Glad I am not the only one getting comments like that, when telling work mates I was doing Paris marathon this year a few said "how far is that one then ? " SO annoying.
Why is it SO annoying? Why should people who don't run know how far a marathon is? The word marathon is a generic term in the English language for 'long' - there are dance marathons, 'James Bond' marathons on television, people refer to marathon sex sessions.... It's really not unreasonable that people who don't run or…
It used to annoy me, but it doesn't anymore. What really annoys me now is when people assume that I can't be doing it just because I enjoy it. I come back from a lunchtime run to comments like: "When's the race? You'll be glad when it's over, so that you can stop having to run." ("Racing" is a good way to do a long run…