Comments on: #27 Marathons http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/26/27-marathons/ This blog is devoted to stuff that white people like Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:21:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jenn http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/26/27-marathons/#comment-183824 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:10:30 +0000 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-183824 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 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/26/27-marathons/#comment-181420 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:10:12 +0000 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-181420 [...] 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 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/26/27-marathons/#comment-181130 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:13:36 +0000 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-181130 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 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/26/27-marathons/#comment-180918 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:01:11 +0000 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-180918 [...] Running a marathon seems like a way of signaling Conscientiousness, like getting a degree from an Iv… Best Of: [...]

]]> By: flifishun http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/26/27-marathons/#comment-179272 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:26:25 +0000 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-179272 Teresa: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/05/28/101-being-offended/

]]> By: flifishun http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/26/27-marathons/#comment-179271 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:20:45 +0000 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-179271 That’s very white of you.

]]> By: robinb http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/26/27-marathons/#comment-178749 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:53:50 +0000 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-178749 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.

]]> By: Cliff Bird http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/26/27-marathons/#comment-178439 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:06:11 +0000 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-178439 Whats with the rage? Chill out homie.

]]> By: Andrew http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/26/27-marathons/#comment-177510 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:15:30 +0000 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-177510 Teresa, you don’t get the whole point of this website, do you? Best you stick to going out to breakfast with your friends and raising money for African orphans.

]]> By: Patrick http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/26/27-marathons/#comment-176845 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:06:25 +0000 http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-176845 Oh dear. :-( Read until the bottom.

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