Comment on Pheidippides, if anyone was wondering.

SavedKriss@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ignoring the fact that “funny” and “fun” are not synonyms, running is absolutely fun. It’s type 2 fun, not the quick dopamine hit of watching a movie or playing a video game, but I absolutely love running and would definitely describe it as “fun”.

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  • lauha@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Type 2 fun, also known as adult-onset fun as contrast to type 1 fun aka juvenile fun.

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  • SavedKriss@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Absolutely I do. And the process of training for it.

      In '21 I was training for my first marathon before I got an injury and had to stop. In '22 I was better and trained for a marathon, where I felt amazing about achieving my goal time of 3:15. I also enjoy triathlons, which is part of why I’m not doing a marathon in '23 or '24, but right now I’m thinking I’ll probably try for a 3:00 marathon in '25. The burn in your legs and lungs doesn’t always feel great while you’re running, but it doesn’t take long afterwards before you absolutely love it.

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      • Trail@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s a really good time, congrats. Untrained, I run only half the distance in that amount of time…

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    • rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Me when other people dare to find fun and engagement in things I don’t enjoy

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    • Kolrami@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not everyone runs it in the shortest time possible. My longest run is probably close to a half marathon. It wasn’t fast and it was fun. If it weren’t fun, I wouldn’t have done it.

      That being said, some people who run it in the shortest time possible probably find it fun too.

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• voracitude@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “For fun” and “funny” are different things, though. I’ve turned down loads of offers to run marathons from friends who do it for fun.

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  • Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And I thought it was funny that they’d offer

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• SavedKriss@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • Pinklink@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But not fun apparently

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    • qarbone@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Dude feels like it’s an affront to his “challenging activity” if people have fun confronting (and potentially surmounting) challenges.

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    • SavedKriss@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I had fun reading your pointless comments.

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