26 miles is a marathon.
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Zach Dunn
If you get tired while swimming, there's actually a risk of drowning. Running just lets you pass out!
likeaboss4222
just float but that also does depend on your body type but still
Brandon
Also, swimming is hard for a runner...
Salamat
I want to run a marathon.
Conor Begley
I can't float so I can't really swim
Conor Begley
I cycled 13 miles in 2 hours so running 26 miles will take 8 hours
Jason Doherty
So lets say you cycle 30 kph you can walk 15 kph fuck logic
FistofStalin
Quite.
Samuel Metcalf
26 miles in 8 hours? that makes no sense. If you're running, let's say you average at 8 mph, even though it is very possible to run faster. That should only take 3 hours and some change. In order to "run" it in 8 hours that would mean your going about 3 mph...That's a walk not a run...maybe a slight jog....I just had to say that. :)
Meowcats
Actually, you could go into cardiac arrest.
Franklin Chen
@likeaboss unless you insist on swimming 5 miles using backstroke you're gonna drown
Trace Hilbun
I'm a long distance runner and a swimmer. I have swam 2 miles before and almost died. But I have ran 15 miles before and felt like I could go on further.
Rainbow
Swimming 5 miles isn't that hard.
Sanic Hegehog
Gotta Go Fast
gills
funnily enough swimming is easy for a swimmer, and there is always side stroke for when you get too tired
John Rodack
I had to swim that much nearly every day when I swam competitively but running seems more fun lol
Kristers Stepanovs
You could just slowly swim... like you know, no pressure at all just float till you get there. running is much harder
Patrick
Mr. Dunn brings up the excellent point of dying in the swimming event. Passing out only results in minor scrapes and bruises in the running option.
zrayz0123
Its funny how your name is patrick but you picked running
zrayz0123
Its funny how your name is patrick but you picked running
Alison
Doesn't say how deep the water is. It could be, like, 3 feet. And there could be life guards, too.
Oscar Oliver Olsson
Well, as a swimmer I'd obviously choose the 5 miles...
Evan Marsh
Five miles is not that hard at all, with a combination of different strokes and floats it could be done easily. In swimming you can use different parts of your body to move you through the water there for giving the other parts a rest, unlike running where it's the constant use of your legs and feet.
Madi60517
Run a marathon or swim a little...I could at least stop if I wanted too.
Patrick
Worst part is you CAN'T say you ran a marathon haha
Cassmonsta
Im taking lifeguard courses and already swim a couple km sometimes... This was really a no-brainer for me.
Minn23
it never said that it cant be a swimming pool that's shallow and you cant stant and in what time and that you cant take breaks
shotgun
i'd chuck in my ipod and go for gold bitch
MoistWipes121E
is this even a debate right now.. running or anything else? obviously running lets be serious!
Sorry_Darth_Vader_Widebeam_Phaser
Try RUNNING 26 miles, unless you're an Olympian I doubt you can even walk that distance without a break
hey519
@SDVWP, accidentally clicked agree, 26 miles is marathon distance, it's been proven that with just 8 months of training, any average person can do it, you don't have to be an Olympian.
Wise Octopus
I would walk 500 miles...
inkpensanonymous
And I would walk 500 more.
Jason Doherty
Just be the man who walk 1000 miles
Jason Doherty
Walked *
.......SUPRISE......
excersize fuck yeah
akudo1
You can just swim slow for 5 miles but you have to run the full 26 miles
cerpintaxt
apparently you people don't realize how god damn slow the average human swims... you'd be in the water for hours working far more muscle with far less oxygen.
drizzy
im a cross country runner so ill take my chances in a marathon
SunnyBones
I hear drowning is the most peaceful way to kick the bucket (and swallow its contents).
likeaboss4222
ok try holding your breath or having water go down the windpipe neither are very nice now try both at the same time
Sorry_Darth_Vader_Widebeam_Phaser
Peaceful my ass, gasping for air, most likely freaking out, holding your breath untill you have to inhale and all you have to inhale is water. Yup sounds realy peaceful and relaxing...
Kirsten
Most people who drown actually don't inhale water. The body simply shuts off the esophagus until you suffocate (in most instances)
Mecca Asturias
was that supposed to be a plus because it still sounds painful as shit
Ethan Kalhs
who said u had to do it all at once
Michael Wilson
Swimming 5 miles would be way way harder
Utku Boduroğlu
I swim 20 miles a week.
kokid913
I plain enjoy running more than swimming plus I would like to run a marathon
Dr.Dew32
Close survey.....
thestralpixie
I can't run for the life of me, but I'm a pretty good swimmer.
Michael Ferguson
Swim downstream...
0cookiemonster0
swimming is a full body work out.. and it never said you can't do it over a long period of time! ;)
Lewis
You're still swimming 5 miles, regardless of how long it takes.
lanzadam
I'm a swimmer and hate running I've actually swam three miles in one setting
Joost Bos
I'd rather walk 500 miles. And then walk 500 more.
NinjaCat
I've been a swimmer so I would pull that off easier...
bab1230
Swimming 5 miles is about equal to a marathon and running us safer
NinjaCat
Depends if you're a good swimmer or not
Aaron Stephanyshyn
Run a marathon or swim a marathon?
Bocaj Teews
Swimming is fucking difficult.
Abigail Carroll
There's no time limit, right? I'll finish this sometime next month
Joe Mama
I don't like drowning...
Gabriel
I have done both, and swimming is easier.
Anon
Just take breaks.
blackman69
Imma nigga, nigga... Fuck the water fool, running with ma big dick floppin
Courtland
I can't swim xD
Simone
I can... kind of swim... but I would drown
Halo
Who said it couldn't be a small amount of water there?
flobbit
Pfft people using flotation devices, I would then run on a treadmill in the back of a bus as it drove
Dawson Barton
how long? breaks?
Sen Markou
doesnt say u cant rest
GareBear
At least when I pass out running I won't die.
Dman Funs
run with hover boots that don't make my feet move
Andrew Blaszak
I can't swim so I would have a very hard time with that option xD
bones
at least i won't drown
Eve
It doesn't say you can't take breaks or do it piece by piece...
snapbacksandtattoos
As someone who has ran a marathon, fuck that.
OmegaIV
Actually it's 26 miles and 365 yards (about 1095 feet) . A fair difference.
Patrick McGavick
it doesn't say you can't take breaks...
Joshua G. Phillips
Well i can't swim so yeah...
aditi
swimming's a full body workout