This shouldn’t be a hot take but unfortunately is.
What the people that run between 3-4 hour marathons don’t want to admit is that they are hobby runners just like the 5-8 hour people. If you paid to run the marathon, or are not an elite sponsored athlete, who gives a fuck what your pace is. Run a marathon because YOU want to and because you want to challenge yourself. Or walk it and have fun. It’s for you and you alone. Idk why people get so gatekeepy about others paces.
This shouldn’t be a hot take but unfortunately is.
What the people that run between 3-4 hour marathons don’t want to admit is that they are hobby runners just like the 5-8 hour people. If you paid to run the marathon, or are not an elite sponsored athlete, who gives a fuck what your pace is. Run a marathon because YOU want to and because you want to challenge yourself. Or walk it and have fun. It’s for you and you alone. Idk why people get so gatekeepy about others paces.