No, it’s about scraping around in 16 odd hours so they can spend £300 on merch, get a tattoo for the gym/beach. Then go back to their normal life with the all important bragging rights. To each their own, but I personally don’t rate this behaviour, because ultimately it’s not humble.
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I guess I could be accused of this (not the bragging) but I have some merch from a couple of times at Wales (and I have a sticker on my car) but for me, it was more about what I had to overcome with my back and stuff.
One thing I have learned though, is that there are loads more awesome endurance achievements out there, and mixed in with some other stuff (like Alpine Challenge in Annecy and the Alpine Classic in Oz) it tends to dilute IM.
Well maybe not dilute it but it puts it on a level playing field with some other stuff.
I’m pretty proud of some of the TTs I did in Oz decades ago but what’s the point of living in the past? If I’m honest, I’m most proud lately of the marathon time I did in Dec on 15hrs notice but that wouldn’t register with the IMJ crowd.
In a way, I don’t see anything wrong with the one and done crowd, if you want to experience other things then do that. I think I’m with you on the last point though, just phoning in an a finish in minimal training just to get a medal and then say how hard it was, is not respecting the event at all IMO.
Bit remember, someone’s 16hr might be someone else’s couldn’t finish at all. Without knowing individual circumstances, it’s easy to judge, because we assume that everyone is fit and healthy.
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Yeah, I don’t want to seem dickish about it. My comments stem from the example of that screenshot comment; that attitude just seems entitled in some respects. They want the plaudits, but don’t want to do the graft associated with the achievement.
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Yeah exactly. Not sure why you’d dedicate yourself to something you didn’t enjoy. I’ve said before, if you live a general lifestyle of S/B/R you are already set up for myriad endurance challenges but you have to enjoy it.
Medal are great for motivation in the early days but after a while, the event and the process has to be the draw.
A little unrelated but I wonder how many people stopped running in lockdown once they could,'t get a medal for finishing a 5km or 10km?
The only medals on display in our house are on the ‘Run Like a Girl’ hanger in LO’s room. She has 5 so far. Mine are chucked in an old Lego box somewhere and even those are only the main ones I wanted to keep. I don’t bother collecting a lot of them at the end of a race.
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it’s like all the bleating about why Parkrun still isn’t allowed and people are missing out on their runs. I wonder if anyone has told them that they can run on their own?? Often from their front door.
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You can…but there is no way I can run that hard on my own.
I just cannot push through.
Following faster runners and running down people who set off too fast is ace.
It’s a great place to hone specific race skills.
I can’t do that from my front door.
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True, same for me but I would guess that those people that really want to push the envelope will be out the door in general. We’re talking about not running altogether, rather than not running at optimal.
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That’s why it’s good though, isn’t it?
As it actually gets people exercising.
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Yeah for sure. Best thing to happen to running in decades IMO.
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And, we take the piss about people “walking” the 5km…but surely that’s better than them doing nothing? 
(I’m super guilty of being judgmental, but I’m trying to change, honeys guv’nor!)
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I get the impression that whilst the rest of the population started running, most of my run club stopped!
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It’s the opposite for me. I can run faster alone, no distractions, no one getting in the way.
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Same.
On the regular, but at the end of a race, you find speed you never had.
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I wonder if I’m a dying breed; people who run without earphones? I even see couples out running together both listening to music.
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I never run with earphones, ever. Tried it on the tread mill once or twice and hated it. I simply don’t understand comments that say ‘I cannot run without music’. but I’m old!
I listen to music in a BT speaker on the turbo, thats it.
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I never run with anything.
Just my own thoughts 
I suspect we’re in a small minority there
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Some handbags being thrown on a Bolton vaccine post of the uk group 
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Treadmill every time.
With my training buddy, rude AF.
By myself outside… 9 out of 10 no music.
People who ride outside with music must have a death wish unless there off road
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I think @Poet wears earPLUGS; as he hates birdsong apparently #meldrew
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#justplainweird.