I thought this was interesting.
That was an awesome video. And damn that guy for just up and dropping a 3:40 like it's nothing.
No more marathons
Thanks for sharing - interesting video.
Boston 2014 - a 33 year journey
Lordy, I hope there are tapes.
He's a leaker!
Meh, he's young and slow.
It is a cool video though.
Short term goal: 17:59 5K
Mid term goal: 2:54:59 marathon
Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life. (I started running at age 45).
Thanks.
Damaris
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Are we there, yet?
It doesn't help his credibility that his marathon facts are wrong. The name of the messenger from Marathon to Athens is unknown. Phidippides didn't become associated with that event until a couple hundred years later. It's also doubtful that the messenger died since these were trained runners. Phidippides did run from Athens to Sparta and back, a far greater distance, and survived. Also the distance from Marathon to Sparta is about 40 kilometers, not 26.2 miles. Our current marathon distance (it was variable in the early years) originates with the 1908 London Olympics and wasn't adopted as the official distance until the 1920s.
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.
Thanks George, for the eyewitness account
Luckily I was not drinking anything when I read this or I would have spit it out. lol
Just think, if it had been my turn to carry a message, I could be famous now.
funny stuff....
decent video...the whole "wall" thing was probably meant to scare newbies away...
marathon pr - 3:16