I know this guy (AF marathon related)

[wambam]

He's a monster of a man. About 6'6", I don't know, probably 250lbs.

Anyways. I live about a mile from Wright Patt AF base where the AF marathon takes place. This guy does CF, has never run long distances in his life. In fact, our coach has discouraged him from running anything longer than sprints. This week, someone posted on FB "I'm not going to use my running entry, who wants it?" Huge dude says "sure, why not, I'll run a marathon." So that's what he's doing right now. With no training. Will let you know how this goes.

[texassmith]

This seems like such an incredibly bad idea. Strength =/= running fitness. I hope he gets lucky and doesn't end up injured.

[Deleted]

This reminds me of the episode of how I met your mother where Barney runs the New York marathon untrained. Hilarious.

[joenali]

That's gonna hurt.

[wanderingenough]

That has bad idea written all over it.

[wambam]

The general consensus around the gym this morning was that he is an idiot and we're all pretty concerned about him. No update yet though.

[Deleted]

I doubt he finishes.

[thom]

That sounds crazy to me because of All. The. Time.
I spend training for a marathon, but I do know a lot of people that manage to finish on very marginal training. I believe this race is also walker-friendly with the finish open longer than 6 hours, so if he's willing to walk & persevere he might make it. Will be interesting to see how it turns out for him...

[thom]

The tracking link was kind of hard to find, but if you want to track his progress check here:
live.xacte.com/airforce/

[cinco]

Good luck to him! It makes me think of the How I Met your Mother episode with Barney. Challenge accepted!

[Deleted]

I know a few people who have run a marathon untrained, and they were definitely hurting the next day!

My ex did it and it took him 5:30, but he finished, ha. He had to hobble around all week.

Keep us updated on his progress

[wambam]

Sept 20, 2014 9:19:12 GMT -5 thom said:

The tracking link was kind of hard to find, but if you want to track his progress check here:
live.xacte.com/airforce/

I searched his name but it said no results. Perhaps because he wasn't the only one registered? I have no idea what his bib number is.

[thom]

Sept 20, 2014 9:38:49 GMT -5 wambam said:

Sept 20, 2014 9:19:12 GMT -5 thom said:

The tracking link was kind of hard to find, but if you want to track his progress check here:
live.xacte.com/airforce/

I searched his name but it said no results. Perhaps because he wasn't the only one registered? I have no idea what his bib number is.

Ah, I suppose. If he just got the bib from someone else I'm sure it's still in their name. Either way I hope he's ok!

[wambam]

I just asked on our gym members FB group. One girl is there at the finish line. Apparently the 3:30 people just finished. So it'll probably be awhile longer before we see him.

[wambam]

5:05

He didn't die. He says "never again"

[Wines Not Whines]

That's pretty good, considering the circumstances.

[runblondie26]

Sept 20, 2014 9:16:09 GMT -5 thom said:

That sounds crazy to me because of All. The. Time.
I spend training for a marathon, but I do know a lot of people that manage to finish on very marginal training. I believe this race is also walker-friendly with the finish open longer than 6 hours, so if he's willing to walk & persevere he might make it. Will be interesting to see how it turns out for him...

Agreed. It's going to take him a long time, and he's going to be hating life. If he puts his mind to it, I bet he could at least finish though. Let us know how it goes!

[runblondie26]

Sept 20, 2014 12:15:16 GMT -5 wambam said:

5:05

He didn't die. He says "never again"

Eh, not too bad!

[thom]

Sept 20, 2014 13:56:11 GMT -5 runblondie26 said:

Sept 20, 2014 12:15:16 GMT -5 wambam said:

5:05

He didn't die. He says "never again"

Eh, not too bad!

Ditto. I'm impressed he did that well. Maybe he will catch the marathon bug after a few days of recovery & want to actually train for one?

[kams]

Now to recover - OUCH!

[hannahb]

I bet he HURTS today!

[clseale]

I don't know, there are a lot of things you can do to build your endurance. I'm not surprised he had the fitness to finish, I just think his body (which is not use to the impact), is likely hurting about 1,000x more than those who trained, and he's lucky he didn't hurt himself.

[wambam]

His FB status today: Pain in every leg muscle/joint + no food in the house = worst trip to the grocery store ever...

In the comments: I was so close to using a rascal, but I decided to man up and walk. It was the wrong choice