# Talk me into or out of doing a marathon this year!

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 19, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-into-or-out-of-doing-a-marathon-this-year/834208 "2019-05-19T23:11:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-into-or-out-of-doing-a-marathon-this-year/834208/21 "2019-05-21T17:31:17Z")

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Not being an ass at all.

I am pretty slow.

Short and with a relatively long trunk so even shorter legs. Not built for sports. Marathon race I wrote “slow” on the front of my shirt and “but stubborn” on the back. People would call out “go slow!” and I’d answer “I am!” And they’d I get a laugh when they read the back.

If I do this I’d love to hit or beat my time from years back, proving to my self that in the competition against time I’m not yet losing the race.

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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-into-or-out-of-doing-a-marathon-this-year/834208/22 "2019-05-21T18:14:39Z")

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That route map and field size looks SO MUCH more pleasant than Chicago. As soon as I saw that part of the route was on the bike trails, I figured it had to be a pretty small field. Rode good portions of that route last summer prepping for a century.

If you aren’t having any leg problems, and if your life is such that you can spend the time training, then go for it. A lot of my leg problems result from martial arts plus a fall down some steps. If I could still run, I assume I would. And I always imagined I would do more than 1 marathon - at least a 2d so I could refer to the “marathonS” I had run.

I play music with a guy who just turned 70, and still runs. Like I said, I’m 58, and am wondering how well I’ll even be able to WALK if I make it to 70. If your joints and all will tolerate it, go ahead. There are plenty of less healthy hobbies/habits you could participate in! 😉

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