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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Hypertrophy on October 15, 2019, 01:09:45 PM
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Went to the Chicago Marathon this past weekend to watch my niece run. 45,000 freaking runners!
What struck me is that runners are more vain than bodybuilders, lol. They will do anything for their moment of glory. You had to line up between 6 -7:00AM before the race to get your starting spot, and it was 39 degrees out. The race for the average runners went off between 8-9 depending on their group. So they stood around at least an hour freezing to death. Most people wore clothes that they left on the ground just before they started.
The entry fee was about $140, the hotels were at least $300 a night (and a lot more), nearly half the field seemed to be wearing Nike Zoom Vapor Fly shoes ($200-300 a pair) and at the Expo the day before people were buying Chicago Marathon gear at ridiculous prices ($95 for a hoodie??). All that to get a $5 medal and a printed mylar "blanket" at the finish.
We make fun of the IG physique guys on here or mock the pageant called a bodybuilding contest, but that pales in comparison to your typical marathoner. I can't remember how many times I saw runners pull out their phones, while running, to take selfies. Or seeing full size photos of the runner's faces held up by adoring fans on poles. Or witnessing post race photo sessions that looked like model shoots, haha.
So many runners would fall into the "marginal runner" category. I mean looking like they could barely make it a mile, not 26. I saw people walking the course at mile 1 so that tips you off about their condition. I am cool with the desire to achieve physical goals like this but maybe you should build up first.
The next day, while on the Chicago Riverwalk, there were hundreds of runners wearing their "Finisher" medals while gracing the pier with their presence. Imagine a bodybuilder doing that...
It was fun to watch but I won't ever go to another marathon again (try finding a face in 10,000 people running by, while people are screaming wildly). I am definitely considering coming up with products to sell in this market though. People seem to pay anything for that "special" edge. Biofreeze for example is a big player these days, selling essentially a spray version of 10.5% menthol for $17.99- and it's one of the cheapest natural products you can find. But their marketing program is top notch so there you go. Kinda like selling special protein powder ;D
You can make lots of money off of ego.
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Kudos to your niece for finishing. A lot of training goes in to complete a marathon. Bodybuilding and track have the same issues with widespread drug abuse. In the past week or so, a major player in the sport, Alberto Salazar, was banned for four years for his involvement over the course of many years. Just like on here, runners try and downplay the effects of drugs....it’s pretty funny actually, because muck like on here, some actually believe it, too. Lol
If you decide to watch her again, most bigger races have a tracking app so you can pinpoint where she is throughout the course. Easier than squinting.....
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Niche sports like most bigger sports or pastimes can get a little obsessive !
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Bodybuilding is a much more difficult sport than running
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Whether someone is into running marathons or spending hours at the gym bodybuilding, it is all good. Much better than people who lead a sendentary lifestyle by choice. As for gaining an edge through drug enhancement, it is wrong and should be a disqualifier. The problem is that it is pretty easy to scam the system if you know how.
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Marathon runners will stop and drop trou right then and there and shit
Pull shorts back up and carry on
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Marathon runners will stop and drop trou right then and there and shit
Pull shorts back up and carry on
Good to know.
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Running marathons is good but its nothing compared to getting on that stage with other thong warriors and going to battle
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Marathon runners will stop and drop trou right then and there and shit
Pull shorts back up and carry on
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Whether you’re a fan of distant running or not, THIS is insane
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/sports/eliud-kipchoge-marathon-record.amp.html
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Road cyclists put runners to shame in the vanity dept. No contest. If you aren't riding the latest, greatest bike and gear you are shit.
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Road cyclists put runners to shame in the vanity dept. No contest. If you aren't riding the latest, greatest bike and gear you are shit.
Oh you aint lyin! The worst of the damn worst.
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Oh you aint lyin! The worst of the damn worst.
Not to mention they clog the streets like turds in a shitter.
Really hate them like 110% of car and truck drivers
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The most vain and arrogant are cross trainers period :-X
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Road cyclists put runners to shame in the vanity dept. No contest. If you aren't riding the latest, greatest bike and gear you are shit.
Truth. Running is very inclusive. “Serious” cyclists are elitist a holes. No pussy in that sport either. Bike races are 90% males. Running race finishers are almost 60% female. If you are a young guy trying to meet women you can do a lot worse than entering running races on a regular basis.
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Whether you’re a fan of distant running or not, THIS is insane
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/sports/eliud-kipchoge-marathon-record.amp.html
Yes incredible but done on a 9K loop course with fresh pacers bought in. Even used a bike pacer. He ran 26 miles faster than most commercial treadmills can go.
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Yes incredible but done on a 9K loop course with fresh pacers bought in. Even used a bike pacer. He ran 26 miles faster than most commercial treadmills can go.
He’s also 115 pounds. The thing about distance running is that Type 2 muscle and big bones are just extra weight you have to carry. The female winner of last year’s Boston marathon weighed under 100.
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Golfers are bad.
Fashion rules and having the newest high tech driver are musts.
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Truth. Running is very inclusive. “Serious” cyclists are elitist a holes. No pussy in that sport either. Bike races are 90% males. Running race finishers are almost 60% female. If you are a young guy trying to meet women you can do a lot worse than entering running races on a regular basis.
Some seriously hot chicks in local charity 5K races.
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Road cyclists put runners to shame in the vanity dept. No contest. If you aren't riding the latest, greatest bike and gear you are shit.
This x2
And Daft Twat Cross Fitters ::)
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This x2
And Daft Twat Cross Fitters ::)
Tell a CF queen that their kipping pull is garbage and just wait for the explosion of rage
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I don't put down cross fit. If that's their thing let them have it. So many things wrong with cross fit but everyone would have to admit their elite are really impressive. I wonder if steroids have invaded their sport? It sure looks like it. Kipping pull ups are BS. Doing exercises for reps against time leads to very sloppy form. You should make an exercise as hard as you can on your body so it adapt and not do an exercise in the easiest way to stroke your ego.
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I don't put down cross fit. If that's their thing let them have it. So many things wrong with cross fit but everyone would have to admit their elite are really impressive. I wonder if steroids have invaded their sport? It sure looks like it. Kipping pull ups are BS. Doing exercises for reps against time leads to very sloppy form. You should make an exercise as hard as you can on your body so it adapt and not do an exercise in the easiest way to stroke your ego.
cross fit is fine great work out but they act so arrogant you cant tell them shit I don't put it down just the assholes that push it like its the only way to train and yes they all use juice to compete
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I don't put down cross fit. If that's their thing let them have it. So many things wrong with cross fit but everyone would have to admit their elite are really impressive. I wonder if steroids have invaded their sport? It sure looks like it. Kipping pull ups are BS. Doing exercises for reps against time leads to very sloppy form. You should make an exercise as hard as you can on your body so it adapt and not do an exercise in the easiest way to stroke your ego.
Absolutely, including the women.
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Human beings in general are stuck in a weird obsession with self-importance and vanity!!! Everyone is a f#cking superstar at something and they want the rest of us to all know about it except that 99% are not f#ck all!!!
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Wasn't there a certain pro that liked the ladies dropping a turd on him?
Yeah the tall guy....
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42 km & 195 m (Marathon distance) pounding on concrete is 4 complete morons ::)
Go cross/country running ............... :)
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42 km & 195 m (Marathon distance) pounding on concrete is 4 complete morons ::)
Go cross/country running ............... :)
Yep, running on concrete destroys the knees, cross country/varied terrain is much better.
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Yep, running on concrete destroys the knees, cross country/varied terrain is much better.
Jog on the beach is far the best .........& barefoot 8)
(+ girls scenery :-*)
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Jog on the beach is far the best .........& barefoot 8)
(+ girls scenery :-*)
Not in Australia:
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Human beings in general are stuck in a weird obsession with self-importance and vanity!!! Everyone is a f#cking superstar at something and they want the rest of us to all know about it except that 99% are not f#ck all!!!
Facebook and Instagram exemplifies this.
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Not in Australia:
Visual pollution of Bondi beach .............. >:(
In reality U could be the only 1 on 100km long beach !.
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Bodybuilding is a much more difficult sport than running
Tell me that after you go out for 10-20 mile training runs. On some days doing mile intervals on the track. More to the point bodybuilding isn't a sport. It's an activity based on drug use. No drugs would equal no bodybuilding.
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Tell me that after you go out for 10-20 mile training runs. On some days doing mile intervals on the track. More to the point bodybuilding isn't a sport. It's an activity based on drug use. No drugs would equal no bodybuilding.
Not true - No Drugs = Steve Reeves didn’t it? Many people’s ideal Bodybuilder !!
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Not true - No Drugs = Steve Reeves didn’t it? Many people’s ideal Bodybuilder !!
If you showed up on stage looking like Steve Reeves you would come in last place.
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Tell me that after you go out for 10-20 mile training runs. On some days doing mile intervals on the track. More to the point bodybuilding isn't a sport. It's an activity based on drug use. No drugs would equal no bodybuilding.
If you define it as a competitive event. But if it's working out in order to look good, without regard to bettering performance in another endeavor, then 95% of people in the gym are engaged in bodybuilding.
They just don't want to use that word because of the whole drug fuelled freakshow connotation which enterprising, but shortsighted, shmoes foster to make a buck. It's too bad.
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Was walking into a local grocery store years ago and out walks Bill Rodgers. I kind of nodded my head and he smiled. I'm sure he knew I recognized him but was probably thinking why does this big guy know who I am. I used to be a huge fan of distance running when I was younger. The first book I had on running was by Jim Fixx. The guy was a life long smoker and ate an unhealthy diet. He took up running later in life and believed that running was a cure all for everything. He starting having chest pains and was told to see a Dr but instead he believed that a good run would cure his ails. Went for a run one day and met the Grim Reaper, he was 52.
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It's official, Tokyo 2020 Olympic marathon is relocated to 8* C cooler Osaka ::)
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If you showed up on stage looking like Steve Reeves you would come in last place.
No doubt - He’s still many bodybuilders ideal physique
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42 km & 195 m (Marathon distance) pounding on concrete is 4 complete morons ::)
Go cross/country running ............... :)
Marathon running is overrated with regards to popularity mainly because of the World major events, but it only constitutes 4% of all race finishers. The most popular race is the 5K followed by the half marathon. Female participation also drops off dramatically at the marathon distance. It’s mainly a manlet event.
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Marathon running is overrated with regards to popularity mainly because of the World major events, but it only constitutes 4% of all race finishers. The most popular race is the 5K followed by the half marathon. Female participation also drops off dramatically at the marathon distance. It’s mainly a manlet event.
Women love a 5k like nothing else.
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Women love a 5k like nothing else.
I used to run these. Easy place to pick up women.
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I used to run these. Easy place to pick up women.
What makes it easier than in other situations is that you know that they’re in to running and that gives you a way to break the ice. Just ask them about their running shoes. Women love talking about shoes.
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This guy recently set the 50 mile world record in 4:50:08. :o
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I used to run these. Easy place to pick up women.
No big boobs in those events ...........
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No big boobs in those events ...........
You might be surprised.
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Was walking into a local grocery store years ago and out walks Bill Rodgers. I kind of nodded my head and he smiled. I'm sure he knew I recognized him but was probably thinking why does this big guy know who I am. I used to be a huge fan of distance running when I was younger. The first book I had on running was by Jim Fixx. The guy was a life long smoker and ate an unhealthy diet. He took up running later in life and believed that running was a cure all for everything. He starting having chest pains and was told to see a Dr but instead he believed that a good run would cure his ails. Went for a run one day and met the Grim Reaper, he was 52.
a friend of mine is a runner and his knees are worse than mine..LOL even after years of squatting.
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a friend of mine is a runner and his knees are worse than mine..LOL even after years of squatting.
Running long distance wrecks your ankles, knees, feet and lower back. Runners over 40 look 100 years old.
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Running long distance wrecks your ankles, knees, feet and lower back. Runners over 40 look 100 years old.
YUP !
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You might be surprised.
Big boobs can't run :D
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Running long distance wrecks your ankles, knees, feet and lower back. Runners over 40 look 100 years old.
In Sydney (Awaba St,. Balmoral) they have annual 420m long run on 65% hilly street, hell hard :P
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Big boobs can't run :D
They try though.
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Big boobs can't run :D
Now that’s a sight I like to Watch 😆
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Now that’s a sight I like to Watch 😆
Only in 10 seconds races , too much bouncing & swinging ;D
Nobody ever :o fat pussy running across the road .......... :P
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Who is the fastest endurance-athlete on getbig?
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Only in 10 seconds races , too much bouncing & swinging ;D
Nobody ever :o fat pussy running across the road .......... :P
I like all that bouncing & Swinging Bosom Business
The more the Better.
;D
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Who is the fastest endurance-athlete on getbig?
Definitely Not Me 😂🤣😂