Once again, we have a case of a male runner who can't accept that a female is about to beat him to the finish line. Typical...
(hey, SRL, it's a JOKE...)
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
levitation specialist
Once again, we have a case of a male runner who can't accept that a female is about to beat him to the finish line. Typical... (hey, SRL, it's a JOKE...)
Lol!
And here I was going to blame LTH.
Him too!
Lol! And here I was going to blame LTH.
Damaris
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It couldn't have involved LTH - this was a full marathon. Maybe his cousin LTF. Or WTF....
Tom (formerly known as PhotogTom)
5K - 25:16, 10K - 55:31, 15K - 1:20:55, HM - 1:54:54
Weird. When I click it, it takes me to the photos. Perhaps because I searched them once. Anywho, maybe try here, pick Philly Marathon and bib 5971. I got that link from Google, so I hope it links properly this time.
Weird. When I click it, it takes me to the photos. Perhaps because I searched them once.
Anywho, maybe try here, pick Philly Marathon and bib 5971. I got that link from Google, so I hope it links properly this time.
It was funny to serious in the series.
No more marathons
Well, I guess it's all a matter of perspective. I see a young chick who can't stand to see an old fart beat her to the finish line and sprints that last 5 meters. Ha!
Boston 2014 - a 33 year journey
Lordy, I hope there are tapes.
He's a leaker!
I wouldn't call myself a young chick, but I had my own lesson in humility in my first marathon, when I saw a picture of myself about to cross the finish line, sandwiched between what looks like a much older man than me and a woman walking. That was hard on the ego.
Mostly harmless
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iJoy
"It doesn’t matter how often you do it or how much you accomplish, in general, not running is a lot easier than running." - Meb Keflezighi
Beer-and-waffle Powered
What the hell is a "full" marathon?
In the words of my late-coach : Just hang in there, relax... and at the end of a race anyone you see.....just pass them
My first 5k years ago I had a goal of beating 24. As I turned the corner for the last 100 yards I saw the clock was 23 something so I knew I could do it, and kept my eyes on the clock. When I walked through the chute I said out loud that the time wasn't bad. 2 people up a woman in her 60's said the same thing. Had I known she was ahead I would have sprinted to at least pass her.
Last year I finished a 5k and the picture has me running with 2 little kids to my wife's amusement.
My first 5k years ago I had a goal of beating 24. As I turned the corner for the last 100 yards I saw the clock was 23 something so I knew I could do it, and kept my eyes on the clock. When I walked through the chute I said out loud that the time wasn't bad. 2 people up a woman in her 60's said the same thing. Had I known she was ahead I would have sprinted to at least pass her. Last year I finished a 5k and the picture has me running with 2 little kids to my wife's amusement.
LOL... Running can be surprisingly unfair, sometimes.
A half marathon x 2.
At a HM I ran last May my darling daughter amused herself while waiting for me at the finish line by taking pictures of everyone that, in her opinion, I should have finished ahead of. Lots of really old and overweight people are faster than me.
Are we there, yet?
One that sold out.
2024 Races:
03/09 - Livingston Oval Ultra 6-Hour, 22.88 miles
05/11 - D3 50K 05/25 - What the Duck 12-Hour
06/17 - 6 Days in the Dome 12-Hour.
Aw, how helpful of her
My first race of last year, a March 5k(my son is doing the kids one miler this year((yay!)) so no repeat "performance" is ahead for me), I thought I was just cruising and doing great and the this big old fat guy with a kegger belly, purple basketball shorts, tan polo shirt, lawn mowing shoes(I swear, they were mostly lawn grass stained green!) and backwards John Deere hat comes running by me like I am standing still.
Ta hell was that????!!!!
At first(okay, still...) it was ego deflating but then I though "How awesome for him to be so fit like that and just burn it!"
Sometimes life surprises you in unexpected ways. Roll with it(or in the Philly pic.....DUCK!)