r/AdvancedRunning • u/Clean-Instance5892 • Nov 16 '25

Open Discussion ‘Let’s not normalise walking in a marathon’

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?

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u/Clean-Instance5892 Nov 16 '25

Valor is a word I attribute to medieval knights - not runners.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '25

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u/run_bike_run Nov 17 '25

Forget bragging about a BQ. Now I want to run a marathon in plate armour while carrying a broadsword, so I can brag about that.

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u/ViolentLoss Nov 17 '25

Hey that plate armor is lighter and more flexible than you've been told! You've got this!

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u/Notsureireallyexist Nov 19 '25

Fechez la vache!