A Smoking Marathoner?
Oct.12, 2008 in
running
This is one of the strangest things I saw at the Chicago Marathon. A smoking marathon runner. Considering how important lungs are for endurance (and living in general) it’s surprising to see someone sucking on a cancer stick before taking on 26.2 miles of Chicago.
Strange in a different way: Elvis.
He ran an incredibly fast 3:20 marathon (26.2 miles at 7 minutes 38 seconds each) on a warm day for running, so I’m pretty darn sure Elvis didn’t have a pack of Marlboro’s up his sleeve.
October 12th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
You’ll notice that smoker has both feet firmly planted. Filed under Doing it wrong.
October 12th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Actually, I run marathons here in the cities, and one of the girls I run with smokes and can do a 3:35. She ran the Boston Marathon too. There’s another guy I run with who smokes and does about a 3:50 or so. Not to be smart ass, just saying, some people can do it.