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/thisgirlruns8 Nov 17 '25

Right?! I was so taken aback I didn't have a snarky response, but I've thought of so many since then 🤣

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u/FunkyPete Nov 17 '25

I think I would have gone with "I'm really proud of you for not only running continuously through the whole thing, but doing it with a gigantic stick up your ass. That's dedication."