Tommy Rivs NYC Result?

Emotionally Practical wrote:

I'm proud of Tommy for finishing, and I'm sure it is inspiring for so many...

But being in a crowded course with spectators and runners and walkers...and the fact he's already known for his ultras, I wonder though he is in remission, if he should have done this.

I'm proud of him...and those who ran into him...must have felt on another level...

But it's NYC, he is only 37, it's dangerous and he's in remission

Was this necessary?

Again, I'm glad he finished and i take nothing away from the struggle or fight or effort...

But..you're in remission....why do this?

Mike

Suppressing his immune system generally would be a bad idea for a lymphoma survivor.

10 hours of walking?

To prove what, that he can still walk? This was dumb.

noonecares wrote:

10 hours of walking?

To prove what, that he can still walk? This was dumb.

You, sir, must have no soul. My condolences.

noonecares wrote:

10 hours of walking?

To prove what, that he can still walk? This was dumb.

You must have a lot of self hate. Go f#ck urself.

I can appreciate his recovery from cancer and using the race as inspiration. I can also see him as an opportunist fitness model without any credentials to back it up. He’s Josh Cox 2.0. I am glad he is recovering but I’d rather see Nate Jenkins make a comeback the. Tommy’s stories.

nope wrote:

Nah

I see no purpose in a walking ordeal.

Races are meant to be raced.

If you want to show endurance, do like the hundred year old guy who pushed his walker around his garden.

He didn't cause anyone to lose sleep.

And there it is.

Never change LR. Never change.

Or wait. Fluck this douche. Do better.

I'm glad he's in better health now but this was purely a publicity stunt / content for more IG posts.

He's clearly not healthy enough to run/jog a Marathon to any degree, so this was just about being out and seen again, to then post about. Even pre-hospitalisation his IG was incredibly self-obsessed and then during his time there, his wife's coverage of his ordeal was really jarring (by contrast his brother seemed to be making a real and genuine inroads on raising awareness and support etc, which I was fully behind).

But people who like the guy aren't going to call this for what it was, a stunt. There is no need to walk for ~10hrs, it's not about "seeing if you can do it"

I see the haters have gone from mocking his crop top to mask their burning jealousy of his jacked physique, to being resentful of his...cancer recovery?

Something's seriously wrong with these people.

Love Tommy Rivs. What an inspiration.

How anyone can think different is beyond me.

noonecares wrote:

10 hours of walking?

To prove what, that he can still walk? This was dumb.

It took Bob Wieland four days to complete the 1986 New York City Marathon and it was one of the most inspirational races in running history.

Yeah, as usual, Letsrun posters are by and large trash.

Of course his Instagram is was "self involved" - part of his sponsorship and living is from social media presence. This should be no surprise.

By all accounts he is a super nice person, and obviously is an inspiration to many - and was even before is illness.

To the jerkwads saying "races are for RACING" - no they aren't. The NYC Marathon is not the Olympics. It's an event that the fast majority of people do to complete, to test their limits in their own personal ways. The elites duking it out are a small part of the overall event.

In standard LR board fashion:

When you are on death's door, if you should manage to recover enough to leave the hospital and try to resume some sort of life again, you aren't allowed to do whatever you want.

rundc_ wrote:

Love Tommy Rivs. What an inspiration.

How anyone can think different is beyond me.

Absolutely agree. Is there a fundraising vehicle for his medical expenses?

earlybird wrote:

https://gofund.me/5ceb3573

Also Craft sportswear has some good looking Rivs branded athletic wear - all proceeds go to his hospital expenses which are astronomical at this point

Between the cancer and the chemo, he was down to something like 20% lung function when they weaned him off the vent and given the odds are about 90% the cancer comes back, everything he’s doing is about getting his lungs back to a point where he can do chemo and a bone marrow transplant at that point and survive it, so what activity he’s doing is more or less according to a plan