Hey, he beat his previous time in 2008 by 2 hours.
C’mon you haters.
What’s worse, that fat guy’s 10 hours, or that dude who shit himself while running?
Wow.
I thought this site would be celebrating this guy actually accomplishing something that most people will never do in their lives.
Normally, the only time you read about 400 lb people is when they’re getting thrown off airplanes or choking on ham sammiches.
Good for him.
His mental fortitude rapes ours.
Think about that. Pushing yourself for 10 hours with a total body weight of 400 pounds.
Balls, he’s got them.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
C’mon you haters.
What’s worse, that fat guy’s 10 hours, or that dude who shit himself while running?
he finished a half marathon in 1:09 after shitting himself, thats pretty badass
comparing him to a 400lb slob is redonk
A 10 hour marathon is about as awesome as benching the bar 10000 times by a 100lb guy. Still stupid
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
Wow.
I thought this site would be celebrating this guy actually accomplishing something that most people will never do in their lives.
Normally, the only time you read about 400 lb people is when they’re getting thrown off airplanes or choking on ham sammiches.[/quote]
Seriously.
The guy is a sumo wrestler, not some fat fuck who’s 400lbs because “I can’t lose weight.” I don’t condone being 400lbs of a useless waste of a human being, but that’s not the case with this guy, IMO.
I’ve never run a marathon, nor have I ever weighed even remotely close to 400lbs, but both of those endeavors, by themselves, seem fairly taxing on the body. Combining them is pretty nuts.
I’m impressed.
[quote]Captnoblivious wrote:
he finished a half marathon in 1:09 after shitting himself, thats pretty badass
comparing him to a 400lb slob is redonk
A 10 hour marathon is about as awesome as benching the bar 10000 times by a 100lb guy. Still stupid
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The 400lb guy isn’t predominantly a marathon runner. In case you didn’t read, he was a NATIONAL CHAMPION SUMO WRESTLER.
What you’re expecting out of a 400lb guy who completes a marathon would be like putting that twig of a shit covered runner in a sumo wrestling tourney and expecting him to do even remotely well. It’s just not going to happen.
I still stand by my opinion that if you haven’t completed a marathon, you can’t talk shit about this guy completing his marathon.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
C’mon you haters.
What’s worse, that fat guy’s 10 hours, or that dude who shit himself while running?
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I really wish there was actual video of this happening. I mean, beside the fact that I’d probably shit myself laughing… just look at how much shit ended up in his junkular area. How does that happen?!
Sure, it was probably sloshing around inside him for a while, and sure, there’s up and down movement in running, and sure, it probably came out of his ass in an explosive manner, but I mean… there’s a lot of shit on his ‘front.’
Oh man, imagine the chaffing on the inside of your legs after running 13 miles covered in your own shit?
That guy’s remembered as the guy who shit himself during a half marathon. Pictures all over the internet of you in all of your glory.
That’s what nightmares are made of.
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
C’mon you haters.
What’s worse, that fat guy’s 10 hours, or that dude who shit himself while running?
[/quote]
I really wish there was actual video of this happening. I mean, beside the fact that I’d probably shit myself laughing… just look at how much shit ended up in his junkular area. How does that happen?!
Sure, it was probably sloshing around inside him for a while, and sure, there’s up and down movement in running, and sure, it probably came out of his ass in an explosive manner, but I mean… there’s a lot of shit on his ‘front.’
Oh man, imagine the chaffing on the inside of your legs after running 13 miles covered in your own shit?
That guy’s remembered as the guy who shit himself during a half marathon. Pictures all over the internet of you in all of your glory.
That’s what nightmares are made of.[/quote]
EXACTLY!!
Shitman lost all dignity. Fatman gained dignity.
good for him
I am sure that 400 lb guy has shit himself in his days, the only difference being it wasn’t photographed (thank God.)
I can’t “run” for more than 20 or 30 mins. the fact he COULD run for 10 hours is fuckin impressive your bunch of fuckingcretinous louses’
[quote]rrjc5488 wrote:
For those of you who are giving shit about his time: what’s your best marathon time?
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Just a hair over 3 hours.
EDIT: I should add though that it’s my best and only time, so I’m not saying that I’ve run a ton of them. I’m not distance running anymore, and I only ran one full marathon.
How many of you guys have seen someone who weighs 400 lbs “run”? It’s a sad endeavor that looks kind of like running, but results in a top speed of about the same as a mild walk. I would imagine it’s like trying to run in a pool. Lots of extra resistance.
[quote]Captnoblivious wrote:
A 10 hour marathon is about as awesome as benching the bar 10000 times by a 100lb guy. Still stupid
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- champion sumo wrestler
- world record
- looks like 3x your weight; guessing he is at least 3x your strength
this guy rules. Marathons are like squatting, you might do them not knowing if you’ll succeed and the possibility that you’ll fail helps drive you, he just succeeded.
[quote]lnname wrote:
Marathons are like squatting, you might do them not knowing if you’ll succeed and the possibility that you’ll fail helps drive you, he just succeeded.[/quote]
wut?
[quote]Stronghold wrote:
How many of you guys have seen someone who weighs 400 lbs “run”? It’s a sad endeavor that looks kind of like running, but results in a top speed of about the same as a mild walk. I would imagine it’s like trying to run in a pool. Lots of extra resistance.[/quote]
lol this is true. I have a friend who probably weighs around 400 lbs (there is a lot of speculation on the matter and that seems to be the consensus). When he runs, he moves at essentially the exact same speed as when he walks, but there is a lot more stuff flopping around and thrashing about.
I give him credit for trying though. He plays in a softball league with a bunch of twenty-something athletic guys and he’s not even the worst softball player on our team.
You can say this guy is really heavy (true) and that, in and of itself a 10-hour marathon is a terrible time (true), but you gotta give the guy credit for doing it. Many people that voluminous would rather drive the little cart than ambulate under their own power in Walmart.
More power to him, that’s a long damn time to move that kind of weight.
I’ve thought about running a marathon, then I ran a mile and changed my mind.
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You can say this guy is really heavy (true) and that, in and of itself a 10-hour marathon is a terrible time (true), but you gotta give the guy credit for doing it. Many people that voluminous would rather drive the little cart than ambulate under their own power in Walmart.[/quote]
Eh, a 10 hour marathon would be analogous to if the guy had done a bodybuilding competition and came in last place. Sure, he competed…wooo. Completing a marathon isn’t that big a deal if you’re walking. We’re talking here about damn near a 24 minute mile on average…the average person walks faster than that.
Honestly, the real challenge of marathon running is in the training, not the race itself. The race itself is extremely taxing, but not nearly as bad as feeling totally beaten down from a 100 mile week and then knowing that you have another one coming up.
I will say this though: spending two hours 6 days a week to log 36 miles per week does display some commitment for such a big guy.
The fact that he didn’t let the tedium of a TEN!!! hour endevour bring him down is commendable in itself.
There are lots of other things to like about it too.
Good work.