crazy or admirable?

BrainyBurro
BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
edited January 29 in Chit-Chat
woman runs 366 marathons in 365 days.

http://cphpost.dk/sport/marathon-woman-crosses-finish-line

there really are so many adjectives that apply here, i am at a loss to list them all. i cannot conceive of this. i've known people who did 50-mile and 100-mile races, but the idea of running 26 miles every day for a year??? whoa.

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  • AlwaysActive78
    AlwaysActive78 Posts: 29 Member
    Crazy
  • TyTy76
    TyTy76 Posts: 1,761 Member
    Both.
  • Barbellerella
    Barbellerella Posts: 1,838 Member
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  • JenAndSome
    JenAndSome Posts: 1,893 Member
    It sounds crazy to me, but I admire her dedication AND insanity.
  • dirtnap63
    dirtnap63 Posts: 1,387 Member
    I wouldn't necessarily call it admirable. I can't imagine that year was well balanced in regards to the rest of her life. Maybe a little crazy, because that kind of demand on the body can take a lasting toll. Impressive for sure though.
  • JenniTheVeggie
    JenniTheVeggie Posts: 2,474 Member
    WOW! Both!
  • Zaniejane
    Zaniejane Posts: 329 Member
    Both:)
  • K_Serz
    K_Serz Posts: 1,299 Member
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    ETA: Wow and she had MS too. Shes a frigging trooper thats for sure. Cant believe she did it. If I would have seen this before she started I would have said that she would never make it. I would have been WRONG! Pretty amazing. Why isnt this in the mainstream news?
  • Cp731
    Cp731 Posts: 3,195 Member
    she must be single, have no kids and no life outside of running and no job.

    is she crazy, not if she doesn't have any of thee above

    ETA tumblr_inline_mko9pn5Blb1qz4rgp.gif

    ....this guy is admireable
  • SrJoben
    SrJoben Posts: 484 Member
    I can't honestly say it's admirable. I mean it's impressive, but I don't really see the point.

    Well aside from her belief that it helped her MS. True or not that makes sense for her so I guess it's not crazy.

    But that doesn't mean it's a goal other people should aspire to. Which is what I think of when I hear the word admirable.
  • _SABOTEUR_
    _SABOTEUR_ Posts: 6,833 Member
    She had a goal. She achieved it. As long as she didn't damage her health, I'd go with admirable.
  • Kamikazeflutterby
    Kamikazeflutterby Posts: 770 Member
    If MS were a visible disability we'd have a new "your excuses are invalid" racing pic. Though this does walk the line between crazy and awesome.
  • sympha01
    sympha01 Posts: 942 Member
    Considering that all marathons are kind of a celebration of the legendary Greek soldier who killed himself by running that distance, it doesn't seem like that could actually have been good for her body, right? I mean I know people that in great physical condition train for it and run marathons without dying, but still ....
  • 43932452
    43932452 Posts: 7,246 Member
    Both!
  • TyTy76
    TyTy76 Posts: 1,761 Member
    Considering that all marathons are kind of a celebration of the legendary Greek soldier who killed himself by running that distance, it doesn't seem like that could actually have been good for her body, right? I mean I know people that in great physical condition train for it and run marathons without dying, but still ....

    People do things every day that our bodies were not meant to be put through..
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