Stop bragging about running “the marathon” after completing the local charity 5k. I mean well done for running 5k, that’s genuinely awesome. But it’s not a marathon! Marathon is 42.195km /26.2m!!! Call it what it is, please. Marathon runners train HARD for many months to earn that title, and you cannot compare a 5k where you did 1 training run the week before in preparation as the same thing.
There’s no such thing as joggers vs runners. It doesn’t get classified on speed/pace. If you run, you’re a runner, whether you do 10k in 35 minutes or 1h35. You’re a runner, well done! Run and jog is the same thing, synonyms.
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…)
If the marathon bothers you don’t ever start doing Ironman.
A dude I knew once told me he “did the Ironman in Mallorca” (he pronounced the 'L’s). After some questioning, because I knew that Ironman Mallorca wasn’t that weekend, it turned out he did the bike leg of a half Ironman in a relay team.
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Stop bragging about running “the marathon” after completing the local charity 5k. I mean well done for running 5k, that’s genuinely awesome. But it’s not a marathon! Marathon is 42.195km /26.2m!!! Call it what it is, please. Marathon runners train HARD for many months to earn that title, and you cannot compare a 5k where you did 1 training run the week before in preparation as the same thing.
There’s no such thing as joggers vs runners. It doesn’t get classified on speed/pace. If you run, you’re a runner, whether you do 10k in 35 minutes or 1h35. You’re a runner, well done! Run and jog is the same thing, synonyms.
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”…
If the marathon bothers you don’t ever start doing Ironman.
A dude I knew once told me he “did the Ironman in Mallorca” (he pronounced the 'L’s). After some questioning, because I knew that Ironman Mallorca wasn’t that weekend, it turned out he did the bike leg of a half Ironman in a relay team.
I’m not brave enough for a sprint tri, nevermind an Ironman. Think I’d drown in the swim leg 😳