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Article: Marathons made me fat
Mikey:
--- Quote from: Coges on October 05, 2016, 07:19:33 pm ---Man I see so many fat runners around it's not funny, mainly women. They pound the gels like they're going out of business even on a 5 or 10k. No wonder the're putting on weight.
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I see this at the gym soo often! People will be walking along on the treadmill at a brisk pace and they'll be sucking down on a sports drink like Gatorade, which contains hundreds of calories. So they will barely even burn the calories off that they consumed from the sports drink in their workout, let alone their meal afterwards, in which they'll probably eat more as they are 'hungry' from exercising.
Coges:
It's the old mindfuck of doing exercise and then feeling entitled to those extra "carbs" that you burnt during the session. I also blame Garmin, Strava, etc. A girl I know did the 1,000 steps a few times which is a big hill with near enough to 1,000 steps set in a nice forest like atmosphere. She walked this twice and her Garmin watch estimated she had burnt over 1,800 cals or something stupid like that. All of a sudden she doesn't feel so bad about the post sesh maccas run or whatever food she ate to "replenish her glycogen".
Btw, kind of related but heard the best acronym from a running trainer the other day. AOA (Adult onset athlete). Absolute pisser because it pretty much describes every adult female runner I see these days (my wife excluded).
Coges:
--- Quote from: Mutumbo000 on October 05, 2016, 09:22:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: adarqui on October 05, 2016, 08:09:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: Coges on October 05, 2016, 07:19:33 pm ---Man I see so many fat runners around it's not funny, mainly women. They pound the gels like they're going out of business even on a 5 or 10k. No wonder the're putting on weight.
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i can't imagine getting fat while training for a marathon.. i never use gels (or ingest anything when running), i eat light, and sometimes i have to force food into me after my evening session -> too beat down from a session to want to eat (and actually not hungry).
i just don't get why/how you would allow yourself to balloon up knowing that adding extra fat will make you slower, ESPECIALLY over the course of a marathon........... wtf? :uhhhfacepalm:
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That's probably another part of the equation. Are they actually improving their times and getting faster?
Unlike sprinting where it's all about time with marathons and half-marathons etc. the achievement for a lot of people is just being able to finish the race. It sounds like these people are just training to run marathons more for the social aspect of it and to say that they finished 'x' number of marathons because most people (myself included) know nothing about the times and what's fast for a marathon, but are impressed with people that can do them.
In fairness she was already chubby to begin with. She went from chubby to obese.
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This attitude pisses me off to no end. Person starts running. Does a 5k in 45 mins. Figures they'll do a 10, then a half, etc. Happy just to finish a marathon in 6+ hours. I mean what the fuck??? Why not get a fucking decent time on your 5, then 10 and then if you're capable push for higher distances. I know people doing ultra marathons that have no business doing a 10k. It's ludicrous. I mean know everyone's got their own goals but the term happy just to finish should probably be left for losing your virginity.
maxent:
This my favourite thread at the moment, lol. Don't have much to add but was wondernig, im tallking to a girl who is constantly collecting medals for marathons .. and i know she does it to raise money for charity which is cool but i wonder what her times are like, dont really wanna ask tho in case it's mediocre and i have to feign acceptance
Coges:
--- Quote from: maxent on October 06, 2016, 12:53:27 am ---This my favourite thread at the moment, lol. Don't have much to add but was wondernig, im tallking to a girl who is constantly collecting medals for marathons .. and i know she does it to raise money for charity which is cool but i wonder what her times are like, dont really wanna ask tho in case it's mediocre and i have to feign acceptance
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Haha yeah might be best not to ask. Keep some mystery to the relationship on that front :D
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