Yeah maybe, I would actually prefer him/her to run actual Marathon (in an event) to call him/her a Marathon runner.
But I’m not starting this again. 
This raised my interest and I was bored so I searched the thread. I also found a bunch of newer comments/jokes with phrase “conjugate with lions” and I’ve been laughing for 20 mins while reading these.
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When we learn that the distance of the marathon itself is entirely arbitrary and not at all based on the actual distance run by Pheidippides, things REALLY take an interesting turn in this discussion, haha.
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Can you really claim to run a marathon without shouting “Joy, we won” before collapsing and dying?
In which case there are only posthumous runners.
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Don’t forget the 150 mile warm up run before the race!
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It’s really important to use Marathon methodology though.
Its way different from regular long distance running.
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From what I found, it isn’t exactly arbitrary, but it is a distance made up by man. So, why would anyone need the external validation of completing a distance made up by man.
The marathon’s distance of 26.2 miles
originated from a custom route for the 1908 London Olympics, which extended a race based on the ancient Greek legend of a messenger running from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens. The initial Olympic marathon in 1896 was about 25 miles, but to allow the British royal family to watch the finish from their nursery at Windsor Castle, the race was lengthened in 1908 to start at the castle and end in front of the royal box at the stadium, creating the 26-mile, 385-yard (42.195 km) distance. This became the standardized marathon distance in 1921
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I saw a guy on wheel of fortune pronounce “Achilles” as A-chill-eez and not A-kill-eez. They didn’t accept his answer, and he got no points.
Many Greek names I’ve only read, and never said out loud.
I wonder how many names I’ve bern mispronouncing.
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Pretty sure Dean Karnazes is the only one that can claim to be using the methodology at this point, haha.
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Not a greek name, but everyone seems to pronounce Julius Caesar’s name as “see-sar”. It’s understandable, but I was taught in uni. that it’s more like “Kae-sar”
Then you understand the connection to the word “keisari/kaiser” (Emperor).
C is a K generally in latin.
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Hah!
I had forgotten that pearl.
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If you listen to Dan Carlin’s “Mania for Subjugation” he pronounces Macedonia “Mackadonia.” He even gives the explanation as to why, but it just sounds weird every time he says it.
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Poor guy is famous!
^this comment made the entire labor of reading the thread worthwhile for me.
Well done.
S
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I’m wondering whether the importance of Nyseto “winning” his argument (such as it is) is worth the three days plus he spent typing?
That’s the thing, I assumed it was a kid since he had all day to type responses. That or someone who really doesn’t care about his job.
I started to wonder if he was a bot. Everytime I checked the thread there were 50-100 responses.
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Let’s do this again! 
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