coolest bandit ever, i think.

[rmd]

i know some folks who've run the boston marathon. and i know some folks who've run as bandits. (my favorite was the guy who usually ran as a qualified runner, but figured he wanted to run it "just for fun" one year and ran as a bandit)
i'm impressed at jacob. he's a big guy who lost nearly 90 pounds in a bunch of months and "finished" the marathon, running as a bandit. http://blog.whatwouldjacobdo.com/

he started after the qualified runners and finished with a pace of over 22 minutes. he's laid claim to last place (long after the official race ended), and i can't disagree with that. but still, that's impressive.

(edited to fix his pace time - i'd misstated it as over 12 min)

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[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

a pace of over 12 minutes

A pace of over 22 minutes, even. Which is also over 12, of course, and still awesome that he did it at all, but I was briefly CRAZY impressed at the idea that his pace was close to 12-minute miles. I liked the Sleepy's picture.


I was at the race this year and it was all quite impressive and quite quite inspiring. Made me consider whether a marathon is something I want to try to do. I'd be more inclined to aim for New York, since they don't require a qualifying time.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

(FYI, I checked the numbers because the idea that a 12-minute pace would complete long after the official race ended seemed really weird, and, indeed, there were official finishers who came in at over 15 minutes.

I'm not sure I could qualify officially even if I dedicated my life to it, but the charity way in gives the rest of us another official option, anyway. :)

[rmd.livejournal.com]

A pace of over 22 minutes, even. Which is also over 12, of course

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math is hard, maaaaaan.
(oops)

[sabyl.livejournal.com]

He should be proud he stuck with it and finished it. It was probably quite hard for him and I know for sure I coudln't do it - at least not now.