"I did a marathon cold. It was easy." (Read 1578 times)

you can assume that their time sucked. She is most likely a person with good general fitness, at least relative to the average person, but I'd bet a dollar she spent more than 5 1/2 hours out there on that course.

I think that if anyone finishes the dang distance, nothing about it sucks. Anyone can run for 2-3 hours...being on your feet for 5-6 takes strength, endurance and guts. Just sayin'.

being on your feet for 5-6 takes strength, endurance and guts.

In that case, the cashier at my local drugstore is a world class athlete. She is on her feet for 8 HOURS A DAY, 5 DAYS A WEEK

thats bad carps.....

I think that is kind of a foolish assumption. I know that I avoid mentioning my time if I know I'm faster than the people I'm talking to, because my objective is to compete against the clock, and I hope theirs is too, and I have no desire to invite comparison. OTOH, if I know they're faster than I, then I go ahead and give the time, b/c I know it won't make them feel slow -- I bet lots of other people feel the same way, because I'm a fairly average human being...

it's not a foolish assumption when the person ran the marathon cold...and I'm talking about people who BRAG about finishing the marathon but don't mention a time. you don't always mention your time, but OTOH, you also don't sound like the kind of person to brag about finishing or to brag about running in any way

In that case, the cashier at my local drugstore is a world class athlete. She is on her feet for 8 HOURS A DAY, 5 DAYS A WEEK

Way to take that tooooo literal.

What's an adverb, and where can I get one?

it's not a foolish assumption when the person ran the marathon cold...and I'm talking about people who BRAG about finishing the marathon but don't mention a time. you don't always mention your time, but OTOH, you also don't sound like the kind of person to brag about finishing or to brag about running in any way

Sometimes talking about your times can be foolish. In fact, most of the time it comes out to be foolish. People may seem to be bragging, but maybe they are just happy about it. I know that when I finish, and in the 2 hours before I'm finished, I just want to finish. Get it over with. When people ask, I say, "Yeah, I ran it, I finished." If they press, I give more information. Here's a little story. I know a local couple here. The husband coached me for some time - that's how I know 'em. The gal is an olympian. She ran the local marathon, and won it. She ran Grandma's, and won it twice. Her husband won each of them once. She's a world record holder. He is a former world record holder, and has two AR's (for long distance running) that I know of that are still standing. Let's not talk about age group awards here. They have 6 children. That will give some in the know a clue. Anyhow, this couple are ~50 yrs old or so; they may not appear like world class athletes anymore only because of the age thing. At a dinner at a freinds house, the neigbor was invited for a little get together. Many of the people were runners. The host had run marathons in the 4:30 to 3:40 range. He ran one a year, sometimes two, for fun and on little training. The host's neighbor had just run Grandma's and was feeling pretty good about his time, just under 4 hours. He's the new expert on training and everything, you see. Handing out advice like candy. Of course, my coach was slightly amused, but kept out of it. At one point, though, the new expert was going over the top in his excitement of the new sport, and Coach just kind of turned his head and refuted the whole conversation with a simple. "No." "What?! What do you know about it, have you ever run a marathon?" "Well, yes, I've run a marathon before." "Did you ever run Grandma's though? That's a real tough one." "I guess it was a while ago, in the 70's and 80's." "Yeah, but did you finish it under 4 hours?" "I did. You might say I did. I won it once. My wife won it twice." "No way, you have to run like, 2:15 to win that or something." "Yup. Or something." The guy was mortified, embarrassed, and ... you know, felt completely humiliated. Assume what you want to about people.

C'mon Obsessor. You are being too hard. Grandma's is not a real tough one.

Nah, that's what this yay-who said. I say Grandma's is easy. I was not the one who did (that particular) piece of bragging. Grandma's has a just about optimal course. Easy running gentle rollers and a little bump at 22 miles, then all down hill and 3-deep crowd from there to the finish. Twin Cities Marathon I hate. Hate, hate, hate. But they have a fast last 1/3 mile.