Oh it happens a LOT in my country. “I ran the 5k marathon and I’m so sore today, here look my medal…”
Or just “I ran the marathon yesterday, in 45 minutes, I don’t know how it took you over 4 hours last month” (in reference to a 5k charity event they’ve been pestering everyone to raise money for…)
I’ve literally never heard someone claim marathoner status after running a 5k, but it takes all kinds
Oh it happens a LOT in my country. “I ran the 5k marathon and I’m so sore today, here look my medal…”
Or just “I ran the marathon yesterday, in 45 minutes, I don’t know how it took you over 4 hours last month” (in reference to a 5k charity event they’ve been pestering everyone to raise money for…)
Weirdddd! Must be something that gets lost in translation then? “Marathon” = “footrace” or some such thing
Nope, English speaking country. People just can’t get their heads around the fact that “marathon” is a distance, not a synonym for “race”…