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To: Codeflier
Most ultramarathoners are weak wimps.
And you know this how?
12 posted on 08/07/2018 6:56:45 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven
Most ultramarathoners are weak wimps.
And you know this how?

I was a runner, but mostly 5k's, never more than a half-marathon. Ultramarathoners tend to be exceptionally lean, for obvious reasons. You don't carry extra weight for 50-100 miles. Most males weigh about 120-130 pounds. I don't care how fit you are, in any physical confrontation, any dad-bod 200-240 pound male will snap any 120 pounder in half, with minimal effort.

I'm 230, and a decade or two removed from any physical efforts (was 185 when I was barely active in my 30s). I have zero fight training, and yet I would not fear for a moment getting in a ring with even professional boxers or MMA guys in the straw weight (115) or flyweight (125) divisions. Most 120# runners offer virtually zero physical threat to any average male. I would show more caution facing off against a typical 7th grade soccer player.

17 posted on 08/07/2018 7:10:54 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: oh8eleven

Because I know a couple and have seen many of them. Arms like pipe cleaners.


24 posted on 08/07/2018 7:21:08 AM PDT by Codeflier (Thank you for speaking truth to power President Trump)
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