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Nothing funny in running a Marathon. Challenging? Yes. Satisfying? A lot. But funny?
Ignoring the fact that "funny" and "fun" are not synonyms, running is absolutely fun. It's type 2 fun, not the quick dopamine hit of watching a movie or playing a video game, but I absolutely love running and would definitely describe it as "fun".
Type 2 fun, also known as adult-onset fun as contrast to type 1 fun aka juvenile fun.
So, if I understand, you find fun in running 42 kms in the shortest time possible?
Absolutely I do. And the process of training for it.
In '21 I was training for my first marathon before I got an injury and had to stop. In '22 I was better and trained for a marathon, where I felt amazing about achieving my goal time of 3:15. I also enjoy triathlons, which is part of why I'm not doing a marathon in '23 or '24, but right now I'm thinking I'll probably try for a 3:00 marathon in '25. The burn in your legs and lungs doesn't always feel great while you're running, but it doesn't take long afterwards before you absolutely love it.
That's a really good time, congrats. Untrained, I run only half the distance in that amount of time..
Me when other people dare to find fun and engagement in things I don't enjoy
Not everyone runs it in the shortest time possible. My longest run is probably close to a half marathon. It wasn't fast and it was fun. If it weren't fun, I wouldn't have done it.
That being said, some people who run it in the shortest time possible probably find it fun too.
Are you overweight?
"For fun" and "funny" are different things, though. I've turned down loads of offers to run marathons from friends who do it for fun.
And I thought it was funny that they'd offer
Keep down voting, I still find it challenging and satisfying
But not fun apparently
Dude feels like it's an affront to his "challenging activity" if people have fun confronting (and potentially surmounting) challenges.
Yes
I had fun reading your pointless comments.