Bumper sticker 0.0

[RandMart]

Well, this is a new one



Explanation follows, copied directly

it is our portion of the Appalachian trail. We r in East TN. We figures it out yesterday.

Wow ... and wow ... "We r in East TN. We figures it out"

I'm sure you do

[RandMart]

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=5248488

Walking into a running store, I see two people I'm assuming were runners (26.2 t-shirts) making fun of a car that has a 5k and 10k sticker on their car. Basically mocking how insignificant those distances were. We've seen people on this forum make similar comments.

In this case, I know who's car it belonged too. A friend of mine who served three tours in Iraq and was wounded on in all three tours, the final one being a loss of a leg. When he returned home, he suffered from PTSD that resulted in him losing his marriage and visitation with his kids. He then tried to commit suicide. Today (24 months later) he has his life in order and is a very active runner, including finishing two marathons. That 5k sticker was from me challenging him to get off his ass and do something. The 10k sticker was his own challenge. He has no 26.2 stickers because he considers running a lifestyle now instead of a battle for life. Thus the reason the 5k and 10k stay on his car.

I made a similar statement to the two runners walking into the store and even offered to introduce them to my friend, whom I was meeting there. They refused and bolted in the opposite direction of the store when we walked in.

For most of us, including my friend, a 5k is our warm-up. However, that doesn't make us any better than those rising off the couch and going after a goal, even if that goal is so much smaller than ours. Think before you speak.

OK, lesson learned

For the most part though, 26.2 stickers are for Chumps

[Fionn mac Cumhail]

OK, lesson learned

Not to mention that it's pretty rookie ball to look down on 5 and 10ks....properly run, they hurt WAY more than a moderate marathon...I try not to look down on anyone, but a 5+ hour marathoner sneering at what could be a sub 15 5ker is laughable...and yes, I do assume that it is a 5+ hour marathoner...because a sub 3 wouldn't be that stupid...

[caito]

Not to mention that it's pretty rookie ball to look down on 5 and 10ks....properly run, they hurt WAY more than a moderate marathon...I try not to look down on anyone, but a 5+ hour marathoner sneering at what could be a sub 15 5ker is laughable...and yes, I do assume that it is a 5+ hour marathoner...because a sub 3 wouldn't be that stupid...

No kidding!  5Ks are HARD!  Lauren Fleshman (pro runner, 5K champ) wrote a story for Runner's World a few months ago about how some guy on a plane asked her if she ran, told her he was a marathoner.  She told him she raced mostly 5Ks, and he told her to "stick with it, you'll get there someday."   Hah!

[cgraz]

No kidding!  5Ks are HARD!  Lauren Fleshman (pro runner, 5K champ) wrote a story for Runner's World a few months ago about how some guy on a plane asked her if she ran, told her he was a marathoner.  She told him she raced mostly 5Ks, and he told her to "stick with it, you'll get there someday."   Hah!

I was just thinking that same thing about that article - I loved it! It is silly how the thinking has gotten to the point where you're not doing anything "hard" unless you're doing a marathon. If you are racing a 5K, it's hard as shit the whole time.

[caito]

I was just thinking that same thing about that article - I loved it! It is silly how the thinking has gotten to the point where you're not doing anything "hard" unless you're doing a marathon. If you are racing a 5K, it's hard as shit the whole time.

Yep.  I think it's also partially a result of so many "regular" people now running and running marathons.  Most runners now know nothing about the actual sport of running -- track & field, cross country, etc.  They don't know the names of pro runners or what they actually do.

[RandMart]

No kidding!  5Ks are HARD!  Lauren Fleshman (pro runner, 5K champ) wrote a story for Runner's World a few months ago about how some guy on a plane asked her if she ran, told her he was a marathoner.  She told him she raced mostly 5Ks, and he told her to "stick with it, you'll get there someday."   Hah!

http://www.runnersworld.com/5k-training-plans/10-reasons-the-5k-is-freaking-awesome

[RandMart]

If you are racing a 5K, it's hard as shit the whole time.

PLUS, they're easy to find and relatively cheap

[Belgian Lace]

I run marathons because I suck at 5K.

[Fionn mac Cumhail]

You can breathe and think in a marathon...5ks are short enough that you have no excuse not to be in the borderline red zone the whole time...

I dread intervals WAY more than long runs for the same reason...

[Cool Foot Luke]

I run marathons because I suck at 5K.

Th1s.

I'd even say I probably have more potential as an ironman than a marathoner, for similar reasons...

[RandMart]

I'd even say I probably have more potential as an ironman than a marathoner, for similar reasons...

There's a 17-hour cutoff, y'know?

I forget which multiple IMH Winner said this, but I kinda quote "There are far better ways to waste a Saturday"

[Cool Foot Luke]

There's a 17-hour cutoff, y'know?

I forget which multiple IMH Winner said this, but I kinda quote "There are far better ways to waste a Saturday"

Thankfully, most races are on Sundays.

[cgraz]

Thankfully, most races are on Sundays.

[RandMart]

Thankfully, most races are on Sundays.

The BIG ONES are on Saturdays

http://www.ironman.com/events/triathlon-races.aspx?d=ironman#axzz3DNZ9CdzP

[merigayle]

Mine go on for days 

[the kenyan]

Saturday is much more common out here.  I think there are 2 races in all of Utah that happen on Sunday.

[GreenMan]

In the Dallas area you could race on Saturday *and* Sunday most weekends, and if you really wanted to you could sometimes race twice in a day (two 5Ks near each other starting an hour apart, or a 5K/10K run in sequence).

[cgraz]

In the Dallas area you could race on Saturday *and* Sunday most weekends, and if you really wanted to you could sometimes race twice in a day (two 5Ks near each other starting an hour apart, or a 5K/10K run in sequence).

Around here that's the case during the fall, especially with 5Ks. Weekends you are tripping over 5Ks all over the place. Could have done two 5Ks within a few miles of each other last weekend, on Sunday...one was 9 am and one at 11 am. Other distances are much harder to come by though.

[RandMart]

Bringing it back on course ... I saw this one a couple weeks ago [I was riding and couldn't get my phone out]



Took me a second, but I got it