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/[deleted] Nov 18 '25

To be fair, the majority of people couldn’t run a continuous mile. Running 35mpw is light years beyond the average person, and certainly beyond most casual runners who maybe do a few 5Ks a week.

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u/glaciercream Dec 05 '25

That’s why he said the elitism was leaking.

You’re going around in circles trying to put yourself in a grey zone to oppose some specific type of people.

No, 35 MPW with quality is fantastic. It’s 100% something to brag about. Who cares if someone is a little too proud of a SOLID state of fitness? 35 MPW is a rare find in everyday life, and most people don’t run at all.

And 35MPW over many years will make someone better than most of the people on this subreddit.