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temple desecration
Obese Co-worker: I hate you, because you're so skinny.
Me: You see me change into my running clothes after work. I run 6 miles, 5 days a week
Obese Co-worker: I hate you, because you have to discipline to do that.
What can you say to that?
She later had a gastric bypass, but she is still overweight.
Today at a 4th of July cook out with family,
My father in-law kept saying to everyone in the family - "Guess what John is going to do.......He is going to run a 26 mile marathon.....not a regular marathon -- a 26 mile one.......can you belive that............
He just went on an on that I wasn't going to run a regular marathon......but a 26 mile one....
Run Stupider
I can almost visual the bumper sticker:
The 26 mile marathon, for the guy who's too busy for the last 0.2miles....
i likes coffee
Just for clearification -- when he was saying not a regular marathon, what he meant was not one of those short regular 5K or 5 mile marathons........
You actually can buy this sticker. I don't know for sure if it is for the 'Garmin International Half Marathon' or not.
Yesterday after running a 5 mile 4th of July race I went to go discuss my marathon training with some other running friends. (I am just at the beginning of my training)
Friend's husband: So how far have you run so far?
Me: I have run 10 miles, but that was last year.
Him: Oh, that's longer than a half marathon!
Friend: No, a half marathon is 13.1 miles.
Him: Yeah, it's longer than a half marathon.
Him: Yes! So 10 miles is longer.
*continue this back and forth for a while*
Me: A half marathon is 13.1 miles, not kilometers.
*pauses for a few seconds*
Him: Oh ...
I suppose it was one of those "you have to be there", but he just could not understand how 10 miles was shorter than a half-marathon.
... 'Garmin International Half Marathon'
Ha, nice.
