RunningAHEAD - Topic: Karnazes on 60 Minutes (page 2)

NaderAlfie

posted: 7/16/2008 at 9:52 AM

Quote from JakeKnight on 7/13/2008 at 3:14 PM:

Cool. Thanks! ( ... and now let the inevitable Karno bash-fest begin ...)

I will never bash that man. How can you bash someone who could reasonably claim that his next goal is to run 195 marathons in 195 countries in 195 days?

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JakeKnight

posted: 7/16/2008 at 10:01 AM

Quote from NaderAlfie on 7/16/2008 at 9:52 AM:

I will never bash that man. How can you bash someone who could reasonably claim that his next goal is to run 195 marathons in 195 countries in 195 days?

I dunno. I don't much care what any other runners do, especially one that can do things like that. I choose to be inspired or to ignore. Especially when its about people I haven't even met in real life. But a lot of runners feel very differently. Sadly. Such is human nature. And there's never been a Karno thread in history that didn't have the bashing. Us really good looking people get used to it, though. It's just a burden we have to bear. It's why I hide my 12-pack abs. I don't want to be hated. ----------------- Is he really planning to do that? He must have wicked frequent flyer mileage.

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Purdey

Self anointed title

posted: 7/16/2008 at 10:06 AM

I kind of agree with JK. I was second place to Karno as Time Magazine's "Fittest Man on the Planet", and you don't hear me bleating about it or telling the world about my next insane stunt. Next insane stunt: 100 (+) miles in 24hrs to raise £10,000 for the Down's Syndrome Association. Click link in signature. Have already been featured in my local newspaper, the Salisbury Journal. So you can stick your Time front cover Karno!

NaderAlfie

posted: 7/16/2008 at 10:25 AM

Quote from JakeKnight on 7/16/2008 at 10:01 AM:

I dunno. I don't much care what any other runners do, especially one that can do things like that. I choose to be inspired or to ignore. Especially when its about people I haven't even met in real life. But a lot of runners feel very differently. Sadly. Such is human nature. And there's never been a Karno thread in history that didn't have the bashing. Us really good looking people get used to it, though. It's just a burden we have to bear. It's why I hide my 12-pack abs. I don't want to be hated. ----------------- Is he really planning to do that? He must have wicked frequent flyer mileage.

I agree with you re: my interest in other runners. In Dean's case I chose to be inspired. I've only been in one race and didn't care too much how I did relative to others in the event. I just enjoyed it and I think that is the one thing I took away from DK: enjoy running longer and longer distances for its own sake. I'd rather run a slow marathon, so that I am not injured and can run another, and then, just maybe, a slow ultra or 10. None of my friends run (except my RA friends, of course), as evidenced by their questions ("Is that marathon as long as the NYC marathon?"), so my times mean little to me or to those in my daily life. No, sorry, he isn't doing that. I just saying that the fact that he could arguably claim that as his next goal says a lot about what he's accomplished.

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Mendeldave

ultramarathon/triathlete

posted: 7/16/2008 at 4:18 PM

I like Dean. Maybe not exactly humble, but that's like asking Superman to be humble. Sure, he's not the only or even first to do most of what he does, but he's one of very few and he is motivating. I've read his books and sent them to my brother, Ultramarathon Man inspired my brother to start running the day he picked it up. He's been losing weight ever sense. I embarassingly have a signed pic of dean next to my treadmill. I've raced with him a few times though he would never remember me I'm sure... and he was great to run with. He's always been humble then :-) Though I should add that some of my close running/drinking friends that used to work with Chirs Bergland when he managed Jackrabbit Sports here in NYC, are less than Dean fans... apparently some of Dean's antics really hurt Chris' feelings, though I never asked either of them, so this is just hearsay. Anyway, Dean is awesome in my book. I'd buy him a pizza on a long run any day.

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willamona

Hawt and sexy

posted: 7/16/2008 at 10:15 PM

I guess the best word I have to describe him is human. i read his book and he does not inspire me much. The only thing I got from the book is that he is just like everyone else. But you just can not be too humble and go around raising money for peeps. It does not work, you have to yell and scream when you run for charity, and he has the perfect personality for that. I don't think I could do that, and I'm pretty hawt. And yes, that is me in the avatar in my Camelbak.

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Daddyo

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posted: 7/16/2008 at 10:43 PM
modified: 7/16/2008 at 10:44 PM

Quote from willamona on 7/16/2008 at 10:15 PM:

I don't think I could do that, and I'm pretty hawt. And yes, that is me in the avatar in my Camelbak.

oh dear...

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rkeddie

posted: 7/16/2008 at 11:03 PM

I love it. Dean's not humble.... ... I'm pretty hawt.

mikeymike

posted: 7/17/2008 at 8:50 AM

What kind of Karno bashing ususally takes place on these threads? Would disputing the fact that he is "America's greatest distance runner" as the cover of outside magazine once described him, or "the best runner in America" according to Accelerade, be considered Karno bashing? I say more power to the guy and he's certainly done some really hard things. But he's more a publicity stunt man than a great runner. The fact that more people recognize his name than recognize Deena Kastor or Ryan Hall or Bernard Lagat or Nick Symmonds or Shalane Flanagan says more about just how much of a niche sport running really is, than how great Karnazes is.

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Purdey

Self anointed title

posted: 7/17/2008 at 8:58 AM

Quote from mikeymike on 7/17/2008 at 8:50 AM:

What kind of Karno bashing ususally takes place on these threads? Would disputing the fact that he is "America's greatest distance runner" as the cover of outside magazine once described him, or "the best runner in America" according to Accelerade, be considered Karno bashing? I say more power to the guy and he's certainly done some really hard things. But he's more a publicity stunt man than a great runner. The fact that more people recognize his name than recognize Deena Kastor or Ryan Hall or Bernard Lagat or Nick Symmonds or Shalane Flanagan says more about just how much of a niche sport running really is, than how great Karnazes is.

Well said Mike. btw - I'd forgotten that Bernard Lagat is now American...

pegasus3446

My Hero

posted: 7/17/2008 at 9:04 AM

Quote from willamona on 7/16/2008 at 10:15 PM:

I guess the best word I have to describe him is human. i read his book and he does not inspire me much.

After checking out your log, you inspire me. Shy

Carps10

posted: 7/22/2008 at 10:06 PM

I'd bet a dollar that Karnazes can't run a 5 minute mile.

perfesserr

Imminent Catastrophe

posted: 7/22/2008 at 10:24 PM

Quote from Carps10 on 7/22/2008 at 10:06 PM:

I'd bet a dollar that Karnazes can't run a 5 minute mile.

Oh, pulleeeze. Get a grip. Or else log onto "letsrun.com". That's where your post would belong.

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JakeKnight

posted: 7/22/2008 at 10:29 PM

Quote from perfesserr on 7/22/2008 at 10:24 PM:

Oh, pulleeeze. Get a grip. Or else log onto "letsrun.com". That's where your post would belong.

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Bonkin

posted: 7/23/2008 at 11:40 AM

Quote from Carps10 on 7/22/2008 at 10:06 PM:

I'd bet a dollar that Karnazes can't run a 5 minute mile.

Says the guy who apparently can't run one either.

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