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re: Could the average ot’er win the Boston Marathon?

Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:31 pm to
Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:31 pm to
Fat, old people finish marathons.

It’s not that hard to just finish.

If you can’t finish a marathon, you should just quit at life.
Posted by Sun God
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:31 pm to
Was deNYed’s legendary beer chug/smoking cigs mile under 5 minutes or under 6?
Posted by Tigre85
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:31 pm to
I couldn't finish it on a bicycle .
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:32 pm to
Not all marathons are created equal. Terrain matters.
Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:32 pm to
Well yeah.

But I don’t think most people are worrying about the terrain at Boston.
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:32 pm to
Why the frick would I ever run 26.2 miles? I have a chauffeur for going that far.
Posted by Sun God
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:33 pm to
Once again

Posted by AbitaFan08
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:33 pm to
quote:

It’s not that hard to just finish. If you can’t finish a marathon, you should just quit at life.


You win the “most OT post of the day” award.
Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:34 pm to
Y’all realize people walk marathons, right?

I’m not talking about running the entire thing hard.

We are also going by OP’s year of training standard.
This post was edited on 4/7/19 at 12:36 pm
Posted by fallguy_1978
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:35 pm to
quote:

You win the “most OT post of the day” award.

No shite. I've never been much of a runner. Never enjoyed it. I'm not some big land whale but I doubt that I could run a 5k without training for it
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:36 pm to
Don’t you have to qualify for the Boston Marathon?
Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:36 pm to
No.

You can get a charity to sponsor you.
Posted by Sun God
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:37 pm to
Man you had to add a lot of qualifiers to support your ridiculous statement
Posted by AbitaFan08
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:37 pm to
You can either qualify or run with a charity. The latter does not require a qualifying time.
Posted by InwardJim
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:37 pm to
quote:

You win the “most OT post of the day” award.



I would've thought the "most OT post" would be more along the lines of:

'Win it? Knowing my luck I'd train all year and then bomb come race day...'

or something along those lines.
Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:39 pm to
What? No I didn’t.

I said just finish. And the OP is the one that added the “year of training” standard.

I stated in my first post that only 5% could actually run it well.

Nothing I’ve stated should be ridiculous.
Posted by StupidBinder
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:40 pm to
quote:

Fat, old people finish marathons.


Well, to finish the Boston Marathon, you have to actually get in the race first.

A 35 yo male has to average about a 7 min mile pace...just to qualify.
Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:41 pm to
Or you could get a charity to sponsor you like thousands do every year.
Posted by 91TIGER
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:43 pm to
Is this a joke/troll job ?

The average O-Ter could not finish in under 3:30 if given a year to train, FACT !
Posted by BoostAddict
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Posted on 4/7/19 at 12:51 pm to
A group from work ran a marathon a few years ago. If some of those people could do it, anyone could.
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