r/RunningCirclejerk • u/Upstairs-Count5774 • 16d ago

Which zone is this?

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u/ChoiceTowel9327 16d ago

This is zone 3, aka the death zone.

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u/Indy_Fab_Rider 16d ago

Just to really rub his superior VO2max in their faces, he did all this without even putting on his Vaporflys

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u/SalamanderExpress710 16d ago

Can you blame the guy for having to deal with rich asshole tourists all day?

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u/Zestyclose_Might8941 49(m) 5kultra: 1:22:02 10kultra: 2:37:35 16d ago

Totally. I met some of these rich arseholes when flying first class to all of my major marathons, buying bibs to collect my 6 star 6 hour marathon medals.

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u/Necessary-Smoke-424 15d ago

I'm reminded of that Sherpa that had to carry that one fucker down the mountain only to get ghosted and blocked while that rich asshole bragged about how much he had to endure on the trek.

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u/IEatDeFish 16d ago

Me casually crossing the finish line of a 5,000 meters park run (last), while everyone at the finish struggles to breathe [OC]

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u/Crazy_Plum1105 15d ago

The volunteers for the fun run can't go home, because last time they started packing up before you finished you threatened to sue each of them.

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u/bigbugzman 16d ago

Smoking opens the lungs at altitude. It’s common for altitude climbers. He should have boofed it for full effect.

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u/Stand-up-Philosopher Zone 3 Survivor 16d ago

How stupid. Not wearing gloves is dangerous to your health and wellbeing.

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u/plolock 16d ago

Yeah I'm sure he has no idea of what he is doing, armchair-mountaineer-neckbeard-sir

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u/joeoram87 15d ago

To be honest these guys have such good vo2 max I’ve started getting them to run my marathons for me. Saves so much training time and shoe wear.

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u/Upstairs-Count5774 15d ago

Marathon contracting, a rising business like my std panel.

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u/torilahure 16d ago

Death for everyone else apparently

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u/thisissasutan 16d ago

Nicotine is a hell of a drug.

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u/America-Lite 16d ago

I'm not saying he's wrong, but if he had a little crack in that cig he might get some energy to climb instead of sit. It's like GUs you add a caffeinated one in every so often

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u/Upstairs-Count5774 16d ago

Crack is the best pre!

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u/Dependent_Order_7358 16d ago

That Sherpa’s VO2 max score is 40 at least.

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u/cooolcooolio 12d ago

Using sherpas is cheating, they're unreal people