Me when other people dare to find fun and engagement in things I don’t enjoy
Comment on Pheidippides, if anyone was wondering.
SavedKriss@lemmy.world 2 years ago[deleted]
rockerface@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Kolrami@lemmy.world 2 years 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.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 years 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.
Trail@lemmy.world 2 years ago
That’s a really good time, congrats. Untrained, I run only half the distance in that amount of time…