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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

I could run a marathon.

I would finish last and I might even take several years, like that one dude who ended up as a soldier in a war while technically still participating in a marathon. But I could say I ran a marathon.

So the only response to someone bragging about running a marathon is "did you win?"

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not sure people still consider it a marathon if you sleep for the night during the process

People who do ultramarathons sometimes lie down and take naps and shit themselves and whatnot. Seems like their times still count.

[–] NannerBanner@literature.cafe 4 points 13 hours ago

"I set a personal record."

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

dude who ended up as a soldier in a war while technically still participating in a marathon

Do you recall anything else about that guy? I just tried to look it up, and all I got was articles about Hiroo Onoda

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

I conflagrated the war thing from something else, it seems. Guy I am talking about is Shizo Kanakuri. He was in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, quit, went home without telling anyone, was declared missing and when the Olympic committee found out 54 years later what had happened, they invited him to finish the race he started, which also led to him receiving a Guiness World Record.

Though now I am wondering where the hell I got the soldier thing from... 🤔

[–] stephen01king@piefed.zip 2 points 11 hours ago

Maybe because between 1912 and 1966 he might've joined a war or two.