Lol the marathon is already a distance that is a worship of monarchy (WHY ISNT IT JUST 26 MILES?!?!?). The fact that the “competitive” marathon doesn’t even allow unaudited competition, or close their entries to people who don’t make the cut (WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO CHARITY IN PUBLIC AND SPEND CHARITY MONEY THROWING AN EVENT WHEN THE MONEY COULD JUST GO WHERE IT’S SUPPOSED TO?!)
These distances are arbitrary and useless, and when race directors (or a conglomerate like BAA, because that’s reasonable…right? Corporatizing people jogging?!) subvert the core competitive narrative - the whole event is fundamentally pointless. If Jordan hasay starts the event tomorrow, I’m fairly certain the mental block she has up after the death of Kobe means she’s gonna run 2:37 (ballpark). The BAA is telling us that a person running 2:36 doesn’t deserve to beat her. For what purpose. Whose interests does this serve?
you schmucks will never stop registering for it, though, because thinking you’re competitive at something is the only way you can externally and quantitatively validate yourselves. With little concern for the layers of contrivance stacked on top of each other to get you…what…the facsimile of a dopamine hit???
I’m actually crazy. This whole thread is out of touch with reality.