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.
[–] darthbrodin [S] 0 points 1 point 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.
[–] 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!
[–] purringdito 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
GOD, THANK YOU! Omg the only thing larger than their waist size is their fucking EGOS