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Should marathons have shorter time allowed to finish?
Posted on 11/2/26 at 3:15 pm
Posted on 11/2/26 at 3:15 pm
NYC marathon yesterday was giving the last group 10.5 hrs to finish (earlier groups had even longer, though I think they are proven to be faster runners).
Ive seen videos of people basically walking a lot of it. This isn't your local 5k fun walk. Can you really claim to have run a marathon if you are taking 10.5 or more hrs to finish?
Or does the marathon just care about making money?
Ive seen videos of people basically walking a lot of it. This isn't your local 5k fun walk. Can you really claim to have run a marathon if you are taking 10.5 or more hrs to finish?
Or does the marathon just care about making money?
Posted on 11/2/26 at 3:17 pm to GeauxTigers123
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Can you really claim to have run a marathon if you are taking 10.5 or more hrs to finish?
Yes
Posted on 11/2/26 at 3:18 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
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Who cares?
Bro, we are on a sports message board where people debate all sorts of topics.
Posted on 11/2/26 at 3:30 pm to GeauxTigers123
For a chunk of people it is a 5k fun walk just to say they did it. They have a program where all you have to do is "run" in 10 NY Roadrunners sanctioned races and you auto-qualify for the marathon the next year. Most of those auto-qualifiers do 5-10k's, then once they qualify they do nothing to train for the next year. So they show up, walk most of it, and get their medal.
The NYRRs don't care because it's making the marathon accessible to average folks and they're getting money from their membership and registration fees from the 10 races they run to qualify.
The NYRRs don't care because it's making the marathon accessible to average folks and they're getting money from their membership and registration fees from the 10 races they run to qualify.
Posted on 11/2/26 at 3:37 pm to TheChosenOne
Yeah, they have over 59,000 participants, with a small handful of elite runners actually competing. So you have to assume most of them are important strictly for revenue and promotion.
Posted on 11/2/26 at 3:38 pm to GeauxTigers123
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Can you really claim to have run a marathon if you are taking 10.5 or more hrs to finish?
If you aren’t a narcissist or have an ounce of pride, no. It’s a total joke and pretty embarrassing tbh. Want the reward but don’t want to put in the work
Posted on 11/2/26 at 3:39 pm to TheChosenOne
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For a chunk of people it is a 5k fun walk just to say they did it. They have a program where all you have to do is "run" in 10 NY Roadrunners sanctioned races and you auto-qualify for the marathon the next year. Most of those auto-qualifiers do 5-10k's, then once they qualify they do nothing to train for the next year. So they show up, walk most of it, and get their medal.
The NYRRs don't care because it's making the marathon accessible to average folks and they're getting money from their membership and registration fees from the 10 races they run to qualify.
Thanks for actually contributing something constructive to this thread.
I just started reading about running and I was suprised to see that people are alloted that much time to compete.
Posted on 11/2/26 at 4:31 pm to GeauxTigers123
Most marathons have a 6.5 hour limit I'm pretty sure. I guess NYC just has an extra long time limit because of the enormous number of people. They have like 60,000 people that run it. That is insane.
This post was edited on 11/2/26 at 4:33 pm
Posted on 11/2/26 at 4:36 pm to GeauxTigers123
quote:that feels excessive. I think the slowest pace allowed for the Houston Marathon is 6 hours.
NYC marathon yesterday was giving the last group 10.5 hrs to finish
Posted on 11/2/26 at 4:39 pm to GeauxTigers123
I couldn’t do it. I bet you couldn’t either.
Posted on 11/2/26 at 4:46 pm to GeauxTigers123
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Should marathons have shorter time allowed to finish?
Only if you are a member of an underserved class of people...so errbody except white, straight, men
Posted on 11/2/26 at 4:48 pm to GeauxTigers123
26.2 miles in 10.5 hours is 2.4 mph. A moderate walking pace is 3 MPH.
Posted on 11/2/26 at 4:49 pm to BZ504
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I couldn’t do it. I bet you couldn’t either.
Bro. That is a 24 minute per mile pace. I might could do that right now.
And the whole point of this thread is discussing wether or not a marathon should be something you have to train for. You are missing the point.
This post was edited on 11/2/26 at 4:51 pm
Posted on 11/2/26 at 4:57 pm to GeauxTigers123
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Bro, we are on a sports message board where people debate all sorts of topics.
Sure, but this shite is so meaningless I cant understand anybody being bothered by it.
So I should rephrase my question from who cares, to, why would anybody care?
Posted on 11/2/26 at 6:00 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
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So I should rephrase my question from who cares, to, why would anybody care?
Well part of the mystique or prestige of events is the challenge of being able to complete them. If Iron Man change their time from allowed from 17 hours to three days, then I could do it this weekend without training.
Posted on 11/2/26 at 6:09 pm to GeauxTigers123
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Well part of the mystique or prestige of events is the challenge of being able to complete them. If Iron Man change their time from allowed from 17 hours to three days, then I could do it this weekend without training.
I kinda see your point. But at the same time why are you worried about somebody else's score/time?
I play golf but I dont think another player should have to give up after 100 strokes. It's not an apples to apples comparison. But i just dont get bothered by how somebody else plays or runs their race.
If you finish the Iron man really fast, and somebody else finishes it really slow, does that cheapen the experience for you?
This post was edited on 11/2/26 at 6:10 pm
Posted on 11/2/26 at 6:16 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
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I kinda see your point. But at the same time why are you worried about somebody else's score/time?
Honestly, I am just trying to learn to run short races. I am a terrible runner. Saw some stuff on social media about the last finishers at the NYC marathon this weekend and I was shocked to see I could probably do it right now. So then I brought the discussion to this board.
Posted on 11/2/26 at 7:23 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
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Who cares?
The people in the city tryna get somewhere
Posted on 11/2/26 at 7:27 pm to GeauxTigers123
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If Iron Man change their time from allowed from 17 hours to three days, then I could do it this weekend without training.
I highly doubt that
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