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[–] la_fupacabra 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

See I'm way too intimidated to even join a running club. I can't run for shit and have never even completed couch to 5k but I would never imagine pulling the shit these women have. It's just so disrespectful

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[–] DeVera ago 

Just wanted to say congrats, that's a good rant. :)

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[–] HP48GX ago  (edited ago)

7 miles in one hour doesn't sound very challenging, i mean i could probably manage that and i am somewhat unfit (5'10", ~68 kg)

edit: i am not dissing you, i'm just surprised that it is not as monumentally difficult as i imagined

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[–] darthbrodin [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

It works out to an ~8:30 pace, which is right around the 50% age grade mark.. but we did a group warmup at a 10 pace for the first mile so the splits are a little bit off. I've been running less than a year, so that should give you an idea of how terribad these hams are if they can't finish first over 7 miles with a 40 minute head start.

To be fair, they were women who were also quite a bit older than I am, so despite the snail's pace, they probably worked harder than I did.

Still, absolutely nothing to brag about.

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[–] HP48GX 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

i assume 8:30 is short for 8 and a half minutes per mile?

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[–] hobgoblin ago 

But if they brag about running and take pictures and where their marthons shirts then they basically are atheletes...... right thats how this works?

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[–] antiplebbitor ago 

Don't you know, OP?

It's not about talent or ability or intent to actually run - it's about that inner voice that says "I've gotten out of bed and am actually walking around, so give me a goddamned medal already."

I have it on great authority that this was also Steve Prefontaine's motivation: "Hey, I've already gotten out of bed, anything extra is just peachy-keen!"

[Steve, you are sorely missed - you ran the way sharks swim. Rest easy, runner-man!]

DEATH to HAMS!

DEATH to DEGENERACY!

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[–] MahLardy ago 

Well, in the unlikely event they do the actual race (barring sudden "injury" the day before), I'm sure their true lack of fitness will come through in their tracked race times...

I had a ham who was OBSESSED with me at my Crossfit gym a few years ago. She was a good 80+ lbs overweight, but always claimed to have done more reps than me, lifted more weight, etc, even though we would do the same workout side by side and I could tell I was moving noticeably faster. Then the Crossfit Open rolled around, and with coaches tracking her, she couldn't do even half the workload that I was doing. It was so fucking satisfying.

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[–] purringdito 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

GOD, THANK YOU! Omg the only thing larger than their waist size is their fucking EGOS

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[–] PlagueofCorpulence ago 

It's called grandiose narcissism

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