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Comment by cflewis

12 hours ago

The majority of people in the world cannot complete a half marathon, let alone under two hours. I was pleased to train enough that I managed under three. You're doing great!

A majority of people won't run 1 km without needing a rest afterwards.

There were recent tests (in France I think) in schools where 50% or something could not run 1 km (sorry I don't have the details on mobile). These are children who have infinity energy (source: parent).

A typical adult won't make it to 1km (source: going back to sport and dying on a 2.5 km run)

half marathon is ~20 KM its pretty sad that a large percentage of people cant do that. One can simply walk that much distance wihtout any prior training.

  • I am sure the poster meant running. Of course people can walk. That's not much of an achievement, unless you're geriatric.

  • You can walk it in under 4 hours. I can do it, but I can't run that much, my calves are just not trained for aerobic workloads. I don't run normally, I walk or cycle, but do not run.