Posted on 03/03/2009 11:13:29 AM PST by longtermmemmory
Guess they thought it was a soccer game?
but only bruce springsteing got paid like bruce springstein
HOW UNFAIR!!!! (he should, as an obama voter, immediatly turned over his pay check for redistribution)
For those that don’t watch the show, the marathon had nothing to do with his advancing as a contestant. He had in-fact already been bounced off the show. His wife had been training for a marathon and he’d thought it be cool to see how well he’d do.
The fact that NBC interfered with the race didn’t do anything to help Dane’s standing on the show other than (falsely) show him finishing a race.
The fact that he lost 100 pounds in 8 weeks and then ran 17 miles a month or two later just amazes the hell out of me.
In other words within four months he went from a 400 pound couch potato to (almost) running a full marathon.
I agree, running/walking 17 miles is an accomplishments in and of itself - shame on the producer and contestant.
I can understand about being upset because of NBC faking a finish for their guy, but take it in perspective: the dude just dropped 130lbs and then ran a marathon. 23 miles is quite an accomplishment under those circumstances.
Great example of the best being the enemy of the good.
Running 17 miles would have been a good and inspiring story, but the show was so focused on “the best” (saying they completed a marathon) they totally missed the good story in their hand.
This is an interesting article, but I suspect the author hasn't spent too much time watching the show, because what inevitably happens each season is that one or more of the contestants will try to lose more weight by eating less, only to find that in eating less, they lose less weight.
The people on the show repeatedly emphasize that the contestants have to eat in order to be successful at losing weight.
3:53 is an excellent time for a marathon. I have run three and trained relentlessly for each one, yet my best time has been 4:20 ( a consistent 9 minute pace). His pace would be more like 7:49-8:00 mi pace. Not impossible, but unlikely.
symbolism over substance.
Unfortunately, The "Boss" was really singing. Sounds and looks like he is always taking a crap.
Weight loss requires a person stop lying to themselves first.
Did he run/walk 17 miles yes.
Did he lose 130 pounds on the large simulated fake scale? yes. ( a real scale does the weight the big scale is just a “reveal”)
HOWEVER, all that was diminished with the need to lie in order to show up his purported success.
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