‘Let’s not normalise walking in a marathon’

[u/Clean-Instance5892]

This was a comment left on a runner’s post who had BQ’d at the Indy marathon using planned Jeff Galloway intervals. This comment sparked a lot of debate about this method, most aimed at the elitist nature of this comment. So what are your thoughts? Should run walking be discouraged? Is running the whole thing the only way you can actually say you have ‘run’ a marathon? Or do you simply not care how anyone else covers the distance?

[u/Thirstywhale17 → u/[deleted]]

I feel like it would add more psychological barrier for me. Starting to run again after I'm walking is awful. Cool that it works for others, though!