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25-year-old South Korean Running Influencer Dies After Collapsing Near Seoul Half Marathon Finish (sports.yahoo.com)

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[+] spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app -37 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

lol no. My commentary wasn't on her being lean. It was on her being obviously incapable of finishing a marathon.

The fact you clowns pretend a marathon isn't a great human feat tells me you all are disconnected fucking clowns, not fans of human accomplishment.

There's a FUCKING REASON "marathons" have become a thing throughout THOUSANDS OF YEARS of history... yet you're still too dumb to acknowledge it.

I don't care to diminish her accomplishments, but human performance has been a LONG ESTABLISHED category of what humans are capable of...

The fact you are too stupid to understand even the reality in which you exist is not my problem. You all are genuinely lost to the wind.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

She started running in 2022 and gained a large following by sharing online how she balanced lab work and training.

Her rise to fame happened rather quickly for an amateur runner. She improved her best over 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) to about 36½ minutes and clocked 1 hour, 22 minutes, 1 second at the New Balance Half Marathon in March. On April 5, she won the women's amateur division over 10 kilometers at the Gunsan Saemangeum Marathon.

In a March interview with YouTube, Yoo said she arrives at the lab at 9 a.m. every day and runs for about two hours starting at 8 p.m., adding that she has been actively chasing personal records since the previous summer.

[–] Cypher@aussie.zone 13 points 4 days ago

You sound like a lazy sack of shit that has never exercised.

Sincerely, someone who has run a marathon.

[–] CTDummy@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Woo boy, that’s a lot of insults and personal attacks in response to some mild criticism.

My commentary wasn't on her being lean. It was on her being obviously incapable of finishing a marathon.

My implications was that your commentary was based on her being a woman and having a social media presence (influencer) while ignoring that she had won marathons previously and obviously has trained a lot for them. You commented that she didn’t look healthy and like a twig, aka lean. While asserting she competed (and subsequently passed away) at the behest of “randoms online”. As I already pointed out, she’s won said marathons before. Your above quote also contradicts:

I don't care to diminish her accomplishments

Anyway, given your unhinged response it probably isn’t worth continuing to discuss with you.