Garmin KC Marathon Races (October 21, 2023)

[DanT]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Just had a female friend finish her first marathon in 3:38. I think that's pretty damn impressive. She ran steeplechase in college.

Too many people "run" marathons and think finishing them is some sort of super human feat. It's not. Most are overweight and shouldn't be running anyway. If that many overweight people can finish a marathon, why do people consider it impressive? I could literally finish faster than most of them at a walking pace. Not impressive.

Congratulations to your friend! That's a great accomplishment!

The KC Marathon has a 6-hour time limit and requires that participants maintain a 14-minute per mile pace. If someone is able to walk that long a distance at that fast a pace, that's pretty damn impressive, in my opinion.