Trueblue23;651379 wrote:In football the players RUN, get hit, get piled on, smashed, and are inflicted with pain every few seconds.
In basketball the players RUN, get knocked down, fouled hard, punched, and elbowed.
In baseball, the players RUN, get hit with baseballs, crash into each other, and dive head first to make catches.
In running, the "players" just RUN. Pussies.
Haha I might sound a little like ccrunner here but this is laughable. Distance running isn't just about "running" you get elbowed/spiked all the time. Hell I still have scars on my leg from an indoor meet when I was taken down because some dumbass decide to try and cut in around the corner and his spikes got caught in my leg and dragged me down. I ran the rest of that 5k and still had a decent time(it was high 15s) After I finished the race I got taken to the trainer and they said I should probably get stitches I didn't. Distance runners don't take time out like all the other sports you mentioned they dont stand around waiting for plays to happen.
Here some info about Dean Karnazes who is an ultramarathon runner and a guy I mentioned:
He ran 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states. The last marathon he ran was the New York Marathon that he finished in 3 hours and 30 minutes.
He ran 135 miles nonstop across Death Valley in 120 degree heat.
He ran a marathon in the South Pole with the weather being −40°F.
He ran 350 miles in 80 hours and 44 minutes without stopping.
He ran 148 miles in in 24 hours on a treadmill... I just find this insane because I think running on treadmills is the worst.
He has also swam the San Francisco Bay.
He has also done many other things but those are the main ones. So is this guy a pussy cause I'd love for anyone to try and do that stuff.
