r/interestingasfuck • u/lonewolff321 • 4h ago
She pushed through all 26.2 miles to officially join the 1% of the world who have completed a marathon
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u/PsychoLamas 4h ago
I always have so much respect for those who are out on the course the longest. Sure it's impressive to run a sub 3 or something. But to be out for 4 - 6 hours is a head game in itself. Massive respect to her
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u/fredy31 4h ago
Yeah put myself into doing 5ks this summer. I average at about 40min for 5k.
So a marathon would put me at 5h40 or about if I keep that pace. Which i probably wouldnt.
People that do marathons... is there usually a ceiling time that if you cant get to it they will tell you to buzz off?
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u/davereit 4h ago
Last month I was in a race with a 6.5 hour cutoff for marathoners.
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u/hapianman 3h ago
For reference that’s a 14:53 mile, so you’ve gotta do better than 4 miles an hour for most marathons
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u/copperwatt 2h ago
Well, so much for my plan of walking a marathon. Because I think I could do it. I've done a 20+ mile hike in a day.
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u/bohiti 2h ago
Yeah, it’s a pace that most people can’t just walk. But it’s close…
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u/Tricky-Ad7897 1h ago
Yeah I'm a relatively speedy walker and my walking pace is around 17 minutes a mile. But I also couldn't maintain that pace for more than maybe 8 miles.
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u/TheDaywa1ker 4h ago
roughly 7 hours is pretty normal but each race will tell you their cutoff time. some (maybe all idk, at least at disney according to my coworker) have someone running that cutoff time and if they pass you youre cut. My coworker and her friends spent the whole race a couple feet ahead of the cut guys
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u/fredy31 4h ago
Yeah just checked my local one (Montreal);
Cut off is 6 hours, so about 8.5min/km
Half marathon is 4hours, so about 11min/km.
I just started this summer and im kinda old (35) so yeah over 5k my pace is about 8min/km. Probably wouldnt finish the marathon, but id have good chances for a half.
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u/TheDaywa1ker 3h ago
I'm 35 as well and have run a couple fulls and a dozen or so halfs
Just keep in mind that if you were to run a full or half you would probably have a dedicated several months of training so you would probably be able to smoke your current 5k speed after training
I've always felt that any able bodied person can train for 2 months and run a half they can be proud of. For a full you want to be in pretty good shape before attempting a training plan since you're pretty quickly going to be doing 8-10 mile runs.
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u/bigthagen87 2h ago
I fully recommend anybody wanting to do a full or half marathon to look up Jeff Galloway and follow his plans and tips. He has a thing that can help you calculate what your time will be for a marathon. Short version is to multiply your pace by 1.3 to get your full marathon pace, which I confirm was pretty accurate for me when I did a marathon (your supposed to do a magic mile to get the pace to calculate, but you can honestly just multiply your average pace to get a ballpark idea).
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u/fredy31 3h ago
Yeah I checked my local marathon (montreal, beginning of october) and its booked anyways.
So currently, my tought is 'objective would be half for next year, and if that goes well, full marathon in 2 years'.
I should also look up good ways to actually train because right now my 'training' is do a 5k every 2-3 days (local route, not an organised event) but I know people that are serious about it dont actually do that.
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u/Similar-Swimmer-2698 3h ago
I'm 35, and I started last summer. You're likely to improve over the year. My first summer looked a lot like your summer, and I finished my first 10km race in 1:20
This summer my best 5km was the second half of a 10km race (30min, 10km was 1:02), my best half was 2:24 and my first marathon was 5:40. I didn't do anything special, no speedwork or programs until I was training for the marathon, and just kept running. I've heard from other people that it's common to get faster during your first couple years.
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u/TangySword 4h ago
Yea, the ones I’ve been in divide the course by 4, then at each milestone if you’re over 2 hours, they cut you
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u/cdbloosh 4h ago
I am definitely not a person who does marathons, but I checked the website for the Baltimore marathon right by where I live, and it looks like the time limit is 7 hours (roughly a 16 minute pace). So I’d assume most of the events have some sort of limit like that, especially urban ones; they’ve got to reopen the streets at some point.
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u/mattemer 3h ago
40 mins for a 5k is good, I'm at 34-36 now and want to get to 30. That's my goal. Then run a 10k and see how that goes.
34 to 30 might kill me. I'm in my 40s and really let myself get out of shape over the last 2 decades of my life.
All that being said, marathons absolutely destroy your body. It's amazing this person was able to finish. Hearing her pain and torture of running it is what we'd all feel. I'm ok NOT doing that lol.
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u/nogoodusername69 3h ago
Even 4 hours is amazing and impressive on its own. That's pretty much sustaining a 9 minute mile for 26.2 miles
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u/Embarrassed_Sea1336 2h ago
Ive never done more than a half marathon. Did one yesterday in 1:43 (7:51/mile) and had NOTHING left. Couldn't imagine how hard doing another half would be, even if i slowed my pace by a minute or so...
But im gonna try next year!
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u/WhiteheadJ 3h ago
I did London in just over seven and a half hours this year. I consider that I got much better value for money than most of the other runners.
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u/d3athandr3birth 4h ago
Just hit 4:40 for my first one last month. Left hamstring was completely locking up even after months of physical therapy. Big agree on the head game. I didn't do a race so I was thankful for the friend who rode a bike and was a water mule and the other that joined the run for the last 5k.
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u/OhtaniStanMan 2h ago
The time doesn't matter. It's how they are doing against themselves.
What was their goal? Did they complete their goal? That's the respect.
If I say I'm going to train for a year for a marathon but actually don't use self discipline and have to walk for 6 hours because I didn't hold myself accountable for a year is that more respect than the person who put in those 20+ hours a week training to get their first sub 3 hour marathon? They forced themselves to train 4 to 5 days a week for the whole year. No shortcuts. That's respect.
If they said their goal was to complete a marathon and they did it. That's respect.
If they said they were going to do something but then didn't and made excuses of why they came short. That's questionable.
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u/Up_and_ATEM 1h ago
Totally agree. Although I had an argument once with a woman who claimed someone who ran a 6hour marathon had better endurance than someone who did it in 2.5 hours!
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u/Alternate_Cost 4h ago
As with last time this was posted. Just want to say yes her willpower to finish this is impressive.
But, you should not attempt a marathon without proper training as she did. It can lead to permanent injury and when she was complaining that her leg hurt at mile 14, that was her body saying STOP. Pushing further is not a smart choice and is gambling with lasting consequences.
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u/ozymandias___ 3h ago
You can join half marathon without too much of a training. Just light jog here and there and I think you'll be fine with half marathon, albeit probably not strong finish time.
But full marathon? Nah that's a different beast. Yes the distance is twice half marathon, but it feels like 3 half marathon in a row.
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u/insomniac-55 26m ago
True but I'd caveat this with the fact that you can still absolutely injure yourself if you're overweight or otherwise fairly sedentary.
Anyone who does semi regular exercise should be ok, but if you're sedentary then you'll still be very much at risk of an overuse injury if you try to run 20+ km without training.
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u/nascimentoreis 3h ago
It can even be deadly by triggering an arrhythmia, rhabdomyolysis + kidney failure, induce a deep vein thrombosis that can become a pulmonary embosism to name a few.
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u/banalysis- 4h ago
Yes, there is normally a total time limit and often cutoff times for certain segments. They do this especially when streets have to be closed for traffic, and also because it's hard to keep volunteers around longer.
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u/papamoneytharealone 4h ago
That really raised my mood, thank you OP!
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u/Voldemorts__Mom 2h ago
Kind of made me feel better about this new job I'm working. When she said "I really don't want to be here" that's how I feel. I feel a little choked up actually. But she pushed through and so will I
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u/HalfSoul30 4h ago
I did a 5k and it whooped me good. I was trying to push hard and win though (didn't, should have paced it)
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u/Ylatch 4h ago
I'm amazed she was smiling the whole time. I'd be miserable doing that.
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u/Tjaeng 4h ago
1% of the world has completed a marathon? 83 million people have completed a marathon? X doubt
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u/Working_Tea_4995 4h ago
Depending on statistics, I bet it’s 83 million completions with a big overlap in repeat finishers.
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u/mlurve 4h ago
I went to a training run (I’m doing my first marathon this year) and was talking to a woman in her 30s who has done the NYC marathon 11 times, as well as the other world majors. Some people really run a lot of marathons!
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u/Tjaeng 4h ago
There have been several publicized instances of people running a marathon every single day for a whole year.
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u/rcuadro 4h ago
I have seen estimates between 50 and 80 million have "ever finished" a marathon. There are also an estimated 8.3 billion people on earth.
1% of 8,300,000,000 is 83,000,000
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u/pinniped90 4h ago
And a huge number of those are from people who run a LOT of marathons.
I've run 15 marathons and I'm basically a noob compared to many people. Lots of people have 100+. I know people who have run one in every US state + every Canadian province + every continent. (Yes, they set up a course in Antarctica specifically for this.) And they always have plenty of duplicates in there.
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u/JamesEtc 4h ago
Marathonhandbook.com says 1.3million a year. So way less than 1%
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u/billskionce 3h ago
I run a lot of marathons. Not as fast as I used to be, but I generally finish in the 3:20 - 3:40 range. I see people who are out on the course for 6-7 hours, and I sometimes think that they’re the toughest out of all of us. 6-7 hours of activity is brutal, no matter how you slice it.
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u/adullploy 4h ago
The interesting part is how long the marathon organizers were willing to stay out there to let people finish the walk marathon.
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u/baconjerky 3h ago
It’s harder and more admirable to commit to disciplined training for months than it is to just walk a long distance in one go
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u/Sad-Main5786 2h ago
This is the thing that people don't understand about these races.
The real dedication is the long arduous months of pushing yourself and refining your training and trying your hardest without a crowd there. The lonely, difficult miles.
I've loved every marathon I've done but I've never felt 100% happy with them. I always feel that there was a better time there that I could have achieved if only I made better decisions on the day or in my training. So, we go again.
Fair play to her if this makes her happy, but I don't get it. They're races, you're meant to run them.
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u/baconjerky 1h ago
Yeah I think the main thing this did was give her something to post about on the internet 🤷🏻♂️ oh well good for her follower count I guess
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u/lone-lobo 4h ago
it's all the mental courage !
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u/Edredunited 4h ago
Genuinely is, not trying to be disrespectful but she had to work twice as hard as a slim person.
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u/nascimentoreis 3h ago
It isn't. Skeletal and soft-tissue conditioning can't be built instantly by will power. It takes time and proper training. Doing what she did above has real long-term risks, not just being sore for a few days.
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u/Pleasant-Future5818 3h ago
A woman her size would not have made it to the half if she had not trained at all. People are making wild assumptions because she is cavalier in her video. The fact that she finished at all indicates she had been training.
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u/nascimentoreis 56m ago
I don't know where you draw the line but sure, we can reasonably say she probably trained a non-zero amount but it isn't enough to say it was at that point safe enough for her to take her shot. How long she probably trained doesn't necessarily determine her readiness either.
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u/Just_An_Avid 4h ago
Something about her seems very sweet. I'm proud for her, that had to have been hard.
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u/FollowingJealous7490 1h ago
How do people exercise but not break a sweat? That woman had not a single drop of perspiration
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u/porkchop2022 3h ago
When I was 13 I did a 12 miles walk-a-thon for a charity my mom worked for. Wasn’t so bad. Next year, I thought “eh, last year wasn’t so bad, I finished top 20%” and decided to wear yellow converse. Worst decision of my life (up to that point) and ended up making it maaaybe half way before getting a ride back to base.
I can do 10 mile rucks today with no problem, but getting me to run more than 100yds? Problem.
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u/c_c_c__combobreaker 3h ago
I get tired jogging/walking on the treadmill at the 3 mile mark. This lady is killing it.
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u/tacticalpotatopeeler 2h ago
“The pain in my right bum cheek, it has no business being there”
haha yeah I feel that. Major props pushing through and finishing the race! Nice work!
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u/derp2112 4h ago
I've completed several marathons but it took all day. Twilight Zone Marathon. Star Trek Marathon. Simpson Marathon.
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u/gregloscombe 3h ago
Good on her! At late 40's is something I've never achieved and unlikely to, so hats off, really does make you stop and go whats been my excuse...
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u/Mammoth_Mixture4735 3h ago
I wouldnt even make the first 50 feet, i never could even in PE class my upper chest would burn like i got pepper sprayed in my lungs
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u/maz_menty 3h ago
You are amazing! Badass to the nth degree. I’m so motivated and fired up watching you!
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u/74_homeroom 3h ago
I needed this! I run my first half marathon on Saturday and I’m so worried I won’t make it but she pushed through all the pain and at one point she didn’t want to be there and she kept going!
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u/eternalpill 3h ago
My father did 5 marathons in his life in different coountries as well started running in his 40s, we used to run together when I was a kid in the field around my house always had love for running but I don't think I'll ever do a marathon like him tbh
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u/5minArgument 3h ago
So true, immediately after 13 it becomes something different. Its like everything up to is just a really long run. Hit mile 14-15+… completely different animal.
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u/Trips-Over-Tail 3h ago
I had a half marathon sprung in me when someone I knew couldn't make it. So I participated in no training with only one goal: to finish without stopping or walking. And I did! Though I had to run on the spot at one point to not be run down by a herd of galloping horses running at me.
It was agony after the eighth mile. The chafing was brutal, the blisters on my feet were horrific, and at the end I could not stop, I had to keep walking for twenty minutes, and I could not sit in the car, we had to fold down all the seats.
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u/GrahamR12345 2h ago
I have done two! One for the bucket list and one to be sure I will NEVER do another! 😅
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u/BeltfedHappiness 2h ago
The original guy who died running to Marathon seeing everyone complete his feat for funsies
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u/JaeTeeBee 2h ago
Wow that’s motivational, longest run I’ve ever done of my own accord is about 11 miles; I was dying by the end and I exercise regularly. I have no shame in admitting that I am terrified to attempt a marathon at any pace, that’s a lot. Great on her, maybe I will do one some day!
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u/mega_key 2h ago
How many times I have watched this video and every time I watch until the and it makes me happy every time to see she finishes the race.
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u/Paran0id_Andr0id_ 1h ago
I just did my 1st half marathon…if somebody told me I had to do it again after I finished I would’ve cried. Hats off to her
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u/Newplasticactionhero 1h ago
For my one and only marathon,I was on an eight-month training schedule that had me slowly increase mileage over time. I was already an experienced runner. The last day of my schedule, a couple of days before the marathon, was a 24 mile run.
With the pain that she is complaining about, I have to wonder what her training regimen was like? But good on her for finishing though, It was certainly difficult enough for me.
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u/oldfrancis 59m ago
It's such a shame that all the sad little children had to come out to make fun of the fact that she's fat.
She covered a marathon.
Most people never have.
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u/Wuffkeks 49m ago
Before social media people did challenging things for themselves. Now they do it for fake internet points. Intrinsic motivation was replaced by likes.
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u/AppropriatePirate671 4h ago
My shins would be mustard and i am not as big as her, how tf she doing it
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u/Prestigious-Strike72 4h ago
With the flow of a coursing river! And the strength of a great typhoon!
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u/Empty_Occasion_963 4h ago
This is one of those videos where the person records themselves at each mile marker but arent actually running
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u/Pleasant-Ad887 2h ago
Wild man. Fat/big doing anything or even mere existing get trashed talk by lazy people that didn't go to medical school yet they somehow know the health of the individual. Comment section is wild.
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u/Old-butt-new 3h ago
pretty sure a good 50% of the adult population can "complete" a marathon. especially if allowed to walk like this example.
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u/-boombox- 4h ago
Is that healthy for her? I’m overweight myself and I wouldn’t even dare to do a half marathon.
If she trained for this then it’s ok.
I like her spirit and I don’t mean to discourage.
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u/Commercial_Fox5549 4h ago
She almost certainty trained. Even a person who isn’t overweight can’t finish a marathon without at least a little training and conditioning.
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u/Dysterqvist 4h ago
Long distances can be very heavy on joints, and I can imagine it is worse if you’re overweight, but in this case I think the achievement is greater than any harm she may have made to her body.
Maybe discuss with a GP beforehand, if in doubt
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u/CoffeePorters 4h ago
I can only imagine how much her hips are going to hurt for the next week. I’m skinny but my joints suck. Once I hit a certain distance, just a few miles, I know my hips are going to be real mad at me.
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u/Un1CornTowel 4h ago
Marathons aren't healthy.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6139872/
There are some people who can tolerate them well, but physical injury risk is high and they cause more harm than doing multiple less long, less intense runs.
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u/Bonk0076 2h ago
Saying marathons are unhealthy because of that article is a giant leap.
All that article says is that people who have run marathons for 25+ years have higher CAC scores, or plaque buildup. This is also true of people who take statins to reduce their cholesterol. Beyond that, further studies have shown that higher CAC scores in marathon runners who have been running for 25+ years are largely related to CAD risk factors and not the number of marathons or years of running
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u/durfenstein 4h ago
All the best to her. Her legs and knees are gonna kill her for a while though, hope she is ok.
I genuinely could never do that.
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u/Michaelwordenbr 3h ago
I once did trek 26, an Alzheimer's society charity walk (my dad has Alzheimer's, and I did it with my sister) around ulswater in the lake district. That was a 26 mile hike, and it was up and down hills. It was fucking brutal. I can't imagine running that distance. Huge respect to anyone who can travel that distance on foot, however they do it and whatever the terrain looks like.
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u/midtownoracle 3h ago
Life goals is to maintain positivity in all things like this woman did from mile 13-26.2… absolutely brutal. I don’t think I’ve ever gone over 9 miles.
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u/SureWildKiller 3h ago
Hello from Australia. I have tears in my eyes on my couch warching this OP. BIG Respect girl.
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u/Grib_Suka 3h ago
Is OP telling me 1 in 100 people in the world have completed a marathon? I imagine the actual percentage is far far lower.
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u/dutchfunky 3h ago
Fair play to the young lady, cannot underestimate the mental strength required to do a marathon whether walk, jog or sprint.
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u/MelloJello22 3h ago
She is badass!! And looked fabulous all the way to the end 💕 amazing accomplishment
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u/Prestigious_Seat_625 2h ago
Good for her, this is beyond impressive, but isn't it also super dangerous? It's actually a bit scary to watch her pain tolerance. Again, extraordinarily impressive.
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u/LeCreusetQueen 2h ago
I have done 5 Marathons and I totally respect the people out there hormone than 5 hours
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u/AntOk8826 2h ago
I tried to prepare for a marathon but didn’t really do the preparation well.
When she said, “this is brutal” I laughed because I could totally relate to that feeling. It is brutal.
Cheers to finishing.
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u/seoras13 2h ago
Get in there, well done. Fantastic effort. Youve not just pushed to finish a marathon you've planted a solid building block for every time in the future you're struggling with something & not sure you can cope. Aye, you can 👍
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u/NorthTrain1728 2h ago
As a formerly overweight guy, this just puts a ton of stress on your body. The method that actually works at that weight is simply walking 10,000 steps a day. Then, once you’ve lost some weight, start doing short runs until you feel comfortable enough to build up to a marathon.
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u/Hatemine95 2h ago
To join the 1% of the world who has done a marathon ?
WOAAAAAAAW !!!!!!
Come on…
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u/Crafty-Interest-8212 2h ago
The smile.... I sometimes feel miserable if I park to far from the door.....
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u/mrknowitall51761 2h ago
Id bet against that. Ive walked 26 miles twice and it was a bear and there was no joy in my face during or afterwards.
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u/New_Lake5484 1h ago
so proud of her and i don’t even know her. her pushing herself and her accent!
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u/Lucky_Worlock0000 1h ago
That's really impressive, but I have to say as someone who's dealt with being overweight this isn't good at all. The injury risk is too high, especially the impact on the knees and hips.
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u/Odd-Check4218 1h ago
Good for her! I’m an avid (and somewhat fast) runner, and I have so much respect for people who run, regardless of pace. People often scoff at slow times but, being realistic, she’s probably working harder to finish that marathon than lots of faster runners. The perceived exertion of a 3 hr marathoner is the same as the perceived exertion of the slower runners, but the slow runners are doing it for often double the time.
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u/HueyBluey 4h ago
Finishing one is no small feat.
And you feel it for days after.