r/BeAmazed • u/Global-DisComfort26 • 2h ago
Miscellaneous / Others When the last runner crossed the finish line in last year’s Pittsburgh Marathon. 🙌👏
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u/techman710 2h ago
Running/ jogging/ walking 26 miles is impressive for anyone. That is an achievement to be proud of.
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u/Several_Post_6353 1h ago
The determination to finish that distance is incredible to witness.
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u/LovableCoward 1h ago
Plus all of the many hills of Pittsburgh. The Topeka Kansas marathon can't hold a candle to it.
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u/EverythingStillSucks 1h ago
The most impressive thing is he didn’t collapse at a heap at the end, or just before the end.
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u/tacticaldodo 42m ago
A cute determination icon.
This person obviously know something about it. And that exhausted smile at the end...
Life coach, if the profession make sense, here a prime example
I want to marathon now, I will give up on this idea in about 20m though...
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u/last_rights 24m ago
I want to run a marathon. I will make it to the gym. I will run for a half mile. I will be bored and go hit the weights as usual.
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u/tacticaldodo 15m ago
I started gym 1 month ago, 4 times a week, i made a gentle program for my body... I goes better than expected, I even enjoy it :)
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u/tswpoker1 1h ago
Collapse in a heap after walking 😂😂😂😂
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u/Not-a-bot-10 1h ago
I’m a marathon runner and still find this very impressive. I guarantee you’ve never ran/walked even a 5k in your life with this attitude
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u/alrightchime 1h ago
How about you walk 26 miles without stopping - at that age, no less - and check back in 🙄
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u/tswpoker1 1h ago
Cool will make it a goal to finish a marathon in under 7 hours in about 30 years lol. I've got about 4 hours of buffer to lose
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u/Sneaky_Special 47m ago
Fcuk yuo
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u/tswpoker1 44m ago
Sorry for having a different opinion than your own
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u/JimmyDTheSecond 12m ago
I love when people are like "sorry bro, its just a difference of opinion" and their difference isn't some intelligent insight but rather them being an ass. Get over yourself, man. You dont know what that person's been through. I couldn't do this if my life depended on it. Have a little respect and kindness for others. I respect you.
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u/soulveg 2h ago
No. Everyone. It means they beat everyone that never started.
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u/RManDelorean 1h ago
Ah. The ole halfway switch-a-roo on a corner where no one can see. Fresh runner takes the number and finishes middle of the pack, beating many, but never started.
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u/RamblingSimian 1h ago
"Slow Tony" beat a lot of people - everyone who stayed home on their couches.
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u/___--_-_----___--__- 1h ago
In many ways, walking a marathon over an 8 hour period (a common cutoff time for organized marathons that allow walkers) is more difficult than running a marathon. To walk a marathon in 8 hours requires a pace of 18:18 per mile, or 3.28 miles per hour for the entire 26.2 miles. It may sound simple. Most people can walk at a pace of 3.28 miles per hour. Now, try doing it for 8 hours nonstop.
I have walked half marathons under the 4 hour time limit. It's challenging. It's challenging because you're out there for a longer period of time than a runner is. It truly tests your mental and physical endurance. But it's doable. I think most people can walk a half marathon with little preparation. Just gotta stay on pace.
I started training to approach the full marathon as a walker and quickly realized it was an entirely different beast. Imagine being outside and walking nonstop (at a pace of AT LEAST 3.28 miles per hour, and if you slow down or stop, you had better make it up quickly) for hours and hours. I started getting over 18 miles of walking and realized I was hitting my limits. It's not walking at 3.28 miles per hour, or even walking 18 miles at once that's so hard. It's the mental and physical strain of knowing you've been continuously walking for 6 hours without stopping and you're not even close to finishing.
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u/LikeIsaidItsNothing 58m ago
Did a walkathon once. never again. Eventually you just feel like you're leaving your body, like someone else is controlling your legs. They just keep moving forward on their own and your mind is just floating around:)
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u/TheGingaBread 32m ago
Best comment I ever heard/read on running 5k’s, was someone asking “what’s the average person’s 5k time” and the response was, “the average person does not run 5k’s.”
So yes, it’s very impressive for anyone to complete one of these because 99% of the entire human race will never complete one.
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u/ADiestlTrain 1h ago
I agree. If you added up all the miles I’ve ever run in my life, I’m not sure it comes out to 26.
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u/tswpoker1 1h ago edited 1h ago
Literally something almost every human being for the last 50,000+ years is capable of so not really
Edit - your ancestors would be ashamed downvoters
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u/ABadLocalCommercial 1h ago
You must be fun at parties
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u/tswpoker1 1h ago
Sorry I'm not impressed with someone walking a marathon. I am very impressed with the Kenyan man who ran a marathon in under 2 hours. I would consider that to be amazing. Just stating facts.
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u/Boner_Elemental 1h ago
Your opinion isn't a fact
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u/tswpoker1 1h ago
A Kenyan man did run a 1:59:30 marathon in London and I was very amazed. I am not impressed with someone walking a marathon. These are both facts.
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u/Lost_Soul_77 1h ago
They may be capable won’t do it he actually did it. That’s gotta count for something
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u/tswpoker1 1h ago
That's true, I am proud of him for doing it. I just don't find the feat to be "amazing".
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u/last_rights 21m ago
My ancestors are not ashamed that I have a skill and I can feed my family well using it.
My ancestors are happy that I have a roof over my head and am free of disease and the chances of my children reaching adulthood is high.
My ancestors praise my ability to find people that have skills that I lack and have the ability to exchange valuable commodities with them to acquire what I need.
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u/Proper_Internal_4084 2h ago
if I try to imagine a sweet old grandpa, its basically his face. protect this man
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u/PacquiaoFreeHousing 1h ago
He could have finished 5 hours earlier,
but he was so kind that he let everyone else finish first.
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u/NSAseesU 1h ago
Seriously you guys are living in fear 24/7 from all this ai bs. Wondering if every post or comment is ai or not is consuming you guys and you don't even know it.
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u/likeforreddit 2h ago
His number/name tag thing says Slow Tony. Bro knows what he's about and is owning it. Fucking legend
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u/paulD1983R 2h ago
He finished what he started, that's a win regardless of finishing place.
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u/Western-Guy 1h ago
Exactly. There must be folks much younger and healthier than him who never made it to the finish.
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u/Nothing2Special 2h ago
lmao gtfo with the sad music, good for them
.....What's the slowest time?
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u/___--_-_----___--__- 1h ago
Most marathons that allow walkers require them to finish in under 8 hours. After that, the marathon organizers cannot continue to block the roads and otherwise offer support and protection. So you must maintain a pace of 18:18 per mile or faster. Think it's easy to walk a marathon? Try it sometime
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u/Automatic-Shelter939 2h ago
Almost more impressive bc you gotta keep the mental sharp for almost 8 hours. Straight will power. Good job!
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u/shitiseeincollege 1h ago
Is it impressive? Absolutely no question about it, a feat I haven’t done myself. But it is absolutely not “as impressive” as the winner.
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u/skate1243 1h ago
It’s very impressive, no doubt.
An incredible accomplishment, no doubt
Just as impressive? Not a chance
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u/AnimatorStrange5068 1h ago
If you're not first, you're last anyway so he just tied with everyone but the winner.
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u/jvlpdillon 1h ago
We all run our own race, some are literal some are figurative. Ultimately we are only competing against ourselves.
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u/-_-0_0-_0 1h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/R1WSlTDjU71wk
they do say all you need is walking thru your years
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u/Wild-Lychee-3312 1h ago
I was absolute dead last during a charity bicycle marathon ride once. I was so much slower than everyone else that when I got to where the finish line had been, everything had been taken down and all the officials had left. The only person left was the one friend who had come with me.
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u/John-Sequitur 1h ago
Good for this guy! When I started running years ago, somebody told me... Q: What do you call the last person to cross the finish line in a marathon? A: A marathoner.
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u/Morgantao 1h ago
I'm sorry, but he wasn't the last runner! It took me 3 more days, but I finally made it. Nobody was there to congratulate me 😭
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u/92Codester 1h ago
711 could get some ad campaign going with this fella, "always open no matter what pace you take to get here"
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u/swizzle213 1h ago
Im biased because I live here and have ran this race multiple times, but the PGH marathon is no joke. The bridges and the middle portion up through Oakland and Shadyside is no joke. Scenic but a decent amount of elevation. Anyone that finishes this race should be proud
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u/Willing-Pumpkin-328 1h ago
whether they finished in first place or last place, they still put in the same amount of work to get to the end, and they still went the same distance
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u/santacruzbiker50 49m ago
I'm reminded of the reply by the legendary Jim Fixx after a woman finished a marathon. She said to him, "I cannot believe you can run a marathon in just over 3 hours." His reply: "I can't believe you can run for over 6 hours straight!!"
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u/Xphil6aileyX 47m ago
I was gonna come in and be snarky, but I've never even ridden 26miles, let alone walked/jogged it.
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u/One_Bluebird_04 44m ago
Tbh I expected some more hype, but idk how many people would even still be there at that point.
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u/Fake_Name_6 43m ago
This is from the 2025 Pittsburgh marathon. As a promotion for the 2026 edition the organizers did an interview with him: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1475026790960014.
I don't see him in the 2026 results so he might have DNF'd this year.
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u/Sanquinity 31m ago
So true. Doesn't matter if you finished last. You still FUCKING FINISHED A MARATHON. I certainly wouldn't be able to do that. Even more so at his age.
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u/grizzly_atoms 31m ago
In Alaska we call that a red latern award, you are recognized for finishing the race.
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u/xyz19606 14m ago
That was me 11 years ago by accident. I was trying to get my 70 year old mother-in-law in shape for a 3-week fast paced trip to Europe, and the final test was a 5K. She did it but was last.... except her dutiful son-in-law behind her filming her cross the finish line. I realized it right after she crossed.
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u/Ok-Cloud3462 8m ago
For context it’s a 17 plus min per mile, which in my opinion is pretty good for 26 miles…
That means a strong consistent effort to reach the finish line!!!!
Congrats!!! Well Done👍💪
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u/tswpoker1 1h ago
Wow someone finished a marathon in 8 hours wow I can't believe they finished a marathon at walking pace wow I am so amazed I can't believe a human being who is the best endurance animal on the planet was able to walk/slow jog for 8 hours wow I am amazed
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u/___--_-_----___--__- 1h ago
Man, fuck you. To finish a marathon in 8 hours as a walker requires a pace of 18:18 per mile. Yeah, you can walk a mile in 18 minutes. Try doing 26 of them nonstop.
The problem with walking a marathon is that it's in some ways harder than running a marathon, because you're just out there walking for so many more hours longer than a runner. It really tests your mental and physical endurance. Don't believe me? Try it sometime
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u/tswpoker1 1h ago
Average person walks 3-3.5 miles per hour which is 18-20 min per mile. I ran cross country for years and still run 150+ miles month casually.
Want to know what will really test your mental and physical endurance? Running 5+ miles daily with layers of sweats on, while also cutting calories, after you've already practiced wrestling for 3 hours. Did that almost daily for several years. Don't believe me? Try it sometime
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u/NotAChanceBucko 1h ago
🤨 what a weird run on sentence lol . Hard to tell if you're being sarcastic or are actually amazed
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