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congratulations on the marathon!
(do people really lose their toenails after a marathon? omg gross)
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(do people really lose their toenails after a marathon? omg gross)
Yes, also poop themselves, pee themselves, throw up, bleed from their nipples, chafe so bad they get scaring, get six hundred kinds of tendinopathy, etc. Man was not meant to marathon, and we do it anyway because fuck nature that punk.
You lose the toenail because you get a hematoma (A localised blood collection outside the blood vessels) under your toenail that coagulates and pushes the nail until it becomes detached.
first person who ever attempted a marathon dies after finishing it
"Let's turn this into a modern sport."
Worse, people run it and not die, just to flex on the first guy.
People run it with handicaps (Not as in disabilities, although people also do that, but with like self imposed challenges) He is truly getting dabbed on
He actually ran a 490 km round trip from Athens to Sparta to Athens to first to request aid from the Spartans then ran 42km from Athens to Marathon to fight a battle there and then another 42 back to athens before dying as the legend goes
new, more defensible reasons for why the longest run I've done is a 10k
Man was not meant to marathon, and we do it anyway because fuck nature that punk.
Isn't the marathon pretty in-line with our persistence hunting heritage? Do experienced marathoners still deal with those or do they mainly impact beginners?
Being an experienced marathon runner is a red flag marker for all kinds of tendon damages, all kinds of muscle damage, some kinds of organ damage. During examination if someone tells you they run marathons you go directly to checking for damages like it's a choose your own adventure novel.
It's an incredibly intensive and repetitive (In terms of impact and muscle activity) activity with a lot of friction involved and that's a bad combo for basically all parts of your body.
Isn't the marathon pretty in-line with our persistence hunting heritage?
chasing down an animal for like a mile or two is different than chasing it down for 26
Some people do yeah. My right big toenail is half dead from training. But it survived the marathon. I think it's going to remain attached
toenails
feeling more and more vindicated in my refusal to take up running
Hey congratulations! I'm gonna run my first half marathon in November and I'm really nervous about it, so I know how much training you've probably been doing. That's awesome! Keep it up
Fuck yeah comrade! Was it your first one? How did it go/how do you feel after?
I'm training for one right now but It's gonna be another 11 or so weeks before I get up to that point. The half marathon distance is next week so I'm looking forward to hitting that milestone.
My first marathon. I started running this exact day year ago.
I did it in 3:50:20.
The last 15km I was talking with god. It was so very painful. The course was quite hard. Hilly with dirt paths which I think made everything a lot harder. Also it was 33C today.
Afterwards i felt pretty good. I hydrated, ate a lot of fruit, and smoked a cigarette with my mates. I also cried a bit. It's been a journey.
This was the Bath Two Tunnels Marathon in the UK.
Good luck with your training. Take it seriously, and on the day remember to have fun.
Sub 4 with only a year of running under your belt is really impressive. Good job!
Holy shit, even attempting a marathon within a year of running is super impressive. Did you have an athletic background in other sports? I've been running regularly since 2020 and the longest race I've completed was a very slow 10k. And I actually played a lot of sports growing up but long distance running is so challenging for me (was more into sports with short bursts of speed).
Climbing a bit, bit not really no. Being in China inspired me to take it up.
those are super impressive stats all around! and I cannot imagine running in that heat. major kudos to you.
smoked a cigarette with my mates.
Doing this after running a marathon is flexing on mother nature.
Could lose your nipples, too.
Buddy of mine bled through his shirt from nipple chafing. Gotta grease em up beforehand.
Why wouldn't you just like put pasties or bandaids over them instead
grease is more fun
Sure, you could, and plenty of people do. But a dab of vaseline is cheaper and won't tear out hairs when you get it off.
that's so cute
nothing to lose but your toenails
I'm just wondering where to get the dress
It was a pretty good dress.
they def running 
There is a Rick Roll on the other side of the sign. You can see the outline of the text.
NEVE GONNA
GIVE YOU UP
NEVE GONNA
SLOW YOU DOWN
Lol. That was someone else running with me
Hell yeah!
Great work, comrade, and so nice to see the support!