A marathon should be run under 4 hours, amirite?

I gotta say this is an incredibly niche unpopular opinion lol.

by Anonymous 10 hours ago

No, it's not. A brisk walking speed is 5km/h, more typical is 4km/h. A marathon in 6 hours is 1.5 times that speed which would make it a jogging speed.

by Anonymous 10 hours ago

10 km/h seems to always have been the lower limit of 'running'. All my running coworkers and friends seem to run at least that fast for their easy pace. It's also the speed a C25k expected you to run at, at the end of the program. That would 4h12m for a marathon. I rounded down to 4h.

by Clintonvandervo 10 hours ago

Do all your running coworkers and friends run their easy pace for 42km? Usain Bolt's world record in the 100m is 37.6 km/h. If he was taking it easy, he'd probably be running at 30 km/h, which finishes a marathon in 1:24. Ya, that's a stupid analysis because I compared a high-speed short distance run against an endurance run. Which is what you're doing comparing a 5km run speed to a 42km run speed.

by Anonymous 10 hours ago

The ones that do marathons run them faster than their easy pace.

by Clintonvandervo 10 hours ago

Even walking a marathon would be hard for the vast majority of people.

by Anonymous 9 hours ago

I think nearly every weekend except for winter there are organized walking/hiking events of 30-40k. There are several 100k events in a year too.

by Clintonvandervo 9 hours ago

"Majority of people" meaning the average person. The average person won't even complete ONE marathon their entire lifetime so yea a lot of people are going feel accomplished by just completing one even if they are slow.

by Anonymous 9 hours ago

There were an OP telling people that swimming ain't impressive. These people are pathetic at heart.

by felicita48 8 hours ago

imagine having so little in your life that you get upset about people being proud of themselves for finishing a marathon

by Sufficient-Baby-8721 8 hours ago

It's an opinion. I'm not upset, but lot's of people seem to be.

by Clintonvandervo 8 hours ago

What's OP's personal best?

by Delicious-Mammoth412 7 hours ago

I'll put money down that it's just under the 4 hour mark.

by Anonymous 7 hours ago

I'd wager they don't even own running shoes

by Delicious-Mammoth412 7 hours ago

We are in accord.

by Anonymous 6 hours ago

"I'm the lower limit of not sucking" is not the flex he thinks it is

by Savings-Room-2507 6 hours ago

"I'm hanging out with the popular high school kids now!!!!"

by Anonymous 6 hours ago

I don't know if people who are into a thing mocking your views on how hard it is it should be taken as evidence you are also into it

by Anonymous 6 hours ago

3h59m

by Anonymous 6 hours ago

Nice work completely ignoring the massive achievement it is to actually endure 26 miles of running

by LeadingMarket 5 hours ago

AND speed Yes, it always has been. But they for sure don't need a jerk who don't even run to tell them how fast should they be running though.

by felicita48 5 hours ago

yeah. i actively dislike you. well done.

by Confident-Mess-5943 5 hours ago

I've done five 6hr marathons. And I'm very proud of them. I have a genetic anemia condition that makes extended high intensity workouts very difficult. I'm quite proud of my accomplishments.

by Anonymous 5 hours ago

Indeed an unpopular opinion. Some people run marathons for personal achievements.

by Anonymous 4 hours ago

I've run 3. Best was 4:08, I think. I was in very good shape. Go do one and tell me how easy it is to break 4:00.

by Anonymous 4 hours ago

Marathons can't handle the demand. No risk of them shutting down.

by Clintonvandervo 3 hours ago

Lol you are underestimating the undertaking. I ran my first marathon in 4h19 and I can tell you it is no joke.

by Fannie55 3 hours ago

Simply because many people view finishing the whole damn thing as an accomplishment. It's not about being competitive, just to have a goal and complete it. Nothing wrong with that.

by Anonymous 2 hours ago

Have you ever run a marathon?

by verdajast 2 hours ago

So what's your PB for a marathon OP?

by Cute_Dragonfly7494 2 hours ago

I wouldn't be embarrassed to say a ran a marathon at any pace. 4 hours or 6 hours, still ran 26 miles in one go, that's impressive either way.

by Dry-Try-5846 1 hour ago

What about 4 hours and 31 minutes. Is that ok?

by Klutzy-Read1271 1 hour ago

No.

by Clintonvandervo 1 hour ago

So 4 hours and 32 minutes is out of the question? But… what if I really tried?

by Klutzy-Read1271 57 minutes ago

A for effort.

by Clintonvandervo 27 minutes ago

Isn't a good walking pace about 4 miles an hour? 6 hours of that is pretty much a marathon. Can you really say you ran a marathon if you did it at walking speed?

by Friendly_Young 5 minutes ago