Comments on: #27 Marathons

By: Black Girls Run! Friendship, Community, and Sisterhood « No Tsuris

Black Girls Run! Friendship, Community, and Sisterhood « No Tsuris — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:17:05 +0000

[...] the website “Stuff White People Like,” marathons are listed as #27. It describes running a marathon in the following way: To a white [...]

By: Black Girls Run! Friendship, Community, and Sisterhood (Part 1) | The Feminist Wire

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:00:16 +0000

[...] Community, and Sisterhood (Part 1) March 16, 2012 By David J. Leonard On the website “Stuff White People Like,” is marathons are listed as #27. It describes running a marathon in the following way: To a [...]

By: Counting to 100 – it didn’t work. I’m still nazty | A Life in Bloom

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:41:52 +0000

[...] friends for about 10 seconds before I remembered I don’t like to run, think this blog “Stuff White People Like #27 Marathons” is super funny and dated 3 of the people going. [...]

By: Jenn

Jenn — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:10:30 +0000

I am going to take a guess that you never have run in a race :0)

They ROCK and this comes from someone who is turtle slow! The support you get from the fast runners is amazing! The encouragement……wow. The motivation to do it again and be a little fast……yep! That’s why I do it!

By: Does it matter WHY I pay to run? « LAF RUNNING

Does it matter WHY I pay to run? « LAF RUNNING — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:10:12 +0000

[...] And that got me to thinking, why do people, who clearly know they have no chance in winning any prize money, pay to run 26.2 miles? I’m not sure I will know the answer to that because everyone is different, but it makes the list of Stuff White People Like to Do at #27: “White people will train for months, telling everyone who will listen about how they get up ea… [...]

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:13:36 +0000

What is wrong with some people? This is humor, not a serious jab at what some people do.

Some are as described but the author jokes about a certain mindset.

Not about marathoners in general…

By: Signaling Big-Five Personality Trait Conscientiousness through marathon-running « Mike Kenny

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:01:11 +0000

[...] Running a marathon seems like a way of signaling Conscientiousness, like getting a degree from an Iv… Best Of: [...]

By: flifishun

flifishun — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:26:25 +0000

Teresa: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/05/28/101-being-offended/

By: flifishun

flifishun — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:20:45 +0000

That’s very white of you.

By: robinb

robinb — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:53:50 +0000

I find it interesting that the only worthwhile achievement, and apparently the only challenge in these folks’ pain-free existence, is running a marathon. If this is what it takes for you to feel alive, you have been dead already for quite some time.

I find much more admirable folks who make consistent and ongoing efforts in improving themselves and their world.

I am ashamed to be white.