synthetic wrote:
Tom_hampton wrote:
synthetic wrote:
That blog post ...tldr.
The purists have the place to hold people accountable, not show off. I guess you think iron elliptical cowboy did 50 140.6 in 50 days then...
No, they (you) don't. Nobody appointed you as judge of what "counts", or appreciates you demeaning their accomplisments as being somehow "less than" yours, or touting your own as somehow "greater" than everyone else's. As has been stated many times this was not (is not) a COMPETITION...it was/is a CHALLENGE. The purpose of which is to motivate people to do MORE than they thought was possible.
Vincible and the others who ran every single day have taken a very different approach to THEIR accomplishment. They have remained positive about the work of others, while you choose to present yourself on some kind of alter to be admired above all others.
So, why don't you find a way to be positive and motivating instead of acting like an arrogant prick.
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I guess you think iron elliptical cowboy did 50 140.6 in 50 days then...
THIS is not THAT.
I'm sorry you couldn't complete the challenge as a purist definition.
Regardless, considering participation is up say 33% , I'm shocked to see less purist completers of the challenge. Would be interesting stat over the years
OK, I JUST GOING TO PUT MY FOOT DOWN AND TELL YOU TO GET OUTTA HERE, OR SHUT UP.
If anyone gets to decide the PURIST definition its ME.....since I started this in the first place in 2006-2007. The PURIST definition of the challenge is whatever an individual person chooses to complete per the rules, which Slowman has on page 1 of this thread.
The "PURIST WIN" of the challenge is whatever number of runs a person needs to do for their progression and fitness to get to better fitness over 100 days.
Ideally the personal WIN shows up in the time column beside our names at a real race....not some spreadsheet on the internet where anyone can lie anyway about what they did.
- Show up at a race, put on a timing chip, have your name show up in the results and if it was faster than 100 days ago, then the 100/100 PURIST definition was achieved.
- Or do however many runs you want, get fitter over 100 days and have better health....PURIST definiton achieved
- Or do however many runs you want, and provide an opportunity for your mind to decompress from day to day life...PURIST definition also achieved.
Whatever each of us chooses for our PURIST win is our win. Now if you can't get that, I suggest you crawl back to where you can pat yourself on your own back without putting others down. This is not the place for that type of put down talk. You can do that elsewhere on ST but don't for a second come onto an ST training camp thread of any kind and put down other people for actually training the best they can (or want)..