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26 miles is a marathon.

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    Zach Dunn

    3 years ago

    If you get tired while swimming, there's actually a risk of drowning. Running just lets you pass out!

    • 18

      likeaboss4222

      1 year ago

      just float but that also does depend on your body type but still

    • 8

      Brandon

      7 months ago

      Also, swimming is hard for a runner...

    • 3

      Salamat

      7 months ago

      I want to run a marathon.

    • 2

      Conor Begley

      6 months ago

      I can't float so I can't really swim

    • 0

      Conor Begley

      6 months ago

      I cycled 13 miles in 2 hours so running 26 miles will take 8 hours

    • 5

      Jason Doherty

      6 months ago

      So lets say you cycle 30 kph you can walk 15 kph fuck logic

    • 0

      FistofStalin

      6 months ago

      Quite.

    • 4

      Samuel Metcalf

      4 months ago

      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. :)

    • 2

      Meowcats

      3 months ago

      Actually, you could go into cardiac arrest.

    • 1

      Franklin Chen

      3 months ago

      @likeaboss unless you insist on swimming 5 miles using backstroke you're gonna drown

    • 0

      Trace Hilbun

      2 months ago

      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.

    • 2

      Rainbow

      2 months ago

      Swimming 5 miles isn't that hard.

    • 0

      Sanic Hegehog

      2 months ago

      Gotta Go Fast

    • 0

      gills

      1 month ago

      funnily enough swimming is easy for a swimmer, and there is always side stroke for when you get too tired

    • 0

      John Rodack

      1 month ago

      I had to swim that much nearly every day when I swam competitively but running seems more fun lol

    • 0

      Kristers Stepanovs

      3 weeks ago

      You could just slowly swim... like you know, no pressure at all just float till you get there. running is much harder

  • 10

    Patrick

    3 years ago

    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.

    • 7

      zrayz0123

      9 months ago

      Its funny how your name is patrick but you picked running

    • 2

      zrayz0123

      9 months ago

      Its funny how your name is patrick but you picked running

    • 3

      Alison

      6 months ago

      Doesn't say how deep the water is. It could be, like, 3 feet. And there could be life guards, too.

  • 7

    Oscar Oliver Olsson

    9 months ago

    Well, as a swimmer I'd obviously choose the 5 miles...

  • 6

    Evan Marsh

    8 months ago

    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.

  • 5

    Madi60517

    9 months ago

    Run a marathon or swim a little...I could at least stop if I wanted too.

  • 4

    Patrick

    9 months ago

    Worst part is you CAN'T say you ran a marathon haha

  • 3

    Cassmonsta

    5 months ago

    Im taking lifeguard courses and already swim a couple km sometimes... This was really a no-brainer for me.

  • 4

    Minn23

    1 year ago

    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

  • 3

    shotgun

    8 months ago

    i'd chuck in my ipod and go for gold bitch

  • 4

    MoistWipes121E

    3 years ago

    is this even a debate right now.. running or anything else? obviously running lets be serious!

    • 4

      Sorry_Darth_Vader_Widebeam_Phaser

      9 months ago

      Try RUNNING 26 miles, unless you're an Olympian I doubt you can even walk that distance without a break

    • 3

      hey519

      8 months ago

      @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.

  • 3

    Wise Octopus

    9 months ago

    I would walk 500 miles...

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    .......SUPRISE......

    10 months ago

    excersize fuck yeah

  • 3

    akudo1

    1 year ago

    You can just swim slow for 5 miles but you have to run the full 26 miles

  • 3

    cerpintaxt

    1 year ago

    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.

  • 3

    drizzy

    1 year ago

    im a cross country runner so ill take my chances in a marathon

  • 3

    SunnyBones

    3 years ago

    I hear drowning is the most peaceful way to kick the bucket (and swallow its contents).

    • 9

      likeaboss4222

      1 year ago

      ok try holding your breath or having water go down the windpipe neither are very nice now try both at the same time

    • 7

      Sorry_Darth_Vader_Widebeam_Phaser

      9 months ago

      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...

    • 3

      Kirsten

      8 months ago

      Most people who drown actually don't inhale water. The body simply shuts off the esophagus until you suffocate (in most instances)

    • 6

      Mecca Asturias

      8 months ago

      was that supposed to be a plus because it still sounds painful as shit

  • 2

    Ethan Kalhs

    9 months ago

    who said u had to do it all at once

  • 2

    Michael Wilson

    9 months ago

    Swimming 5 miles would be way way harder

  • 0

    Utku Boduroğlu

    1 day ago

    I swim 20 miles a week.

  • 2

    kokid913

    1 year ago

    I plain enjoy running more than swimming plus I would like to run a marathon

  • 0

    Dr.Dew32

    6 days ago

    Close survey.....

  • 2

    thestralpixie

    1 year ago

    I can't run for the life of me, but I'm a pretty good swimmer.

  • 0

    Michael Ferguson

    6 days ago

    Swim downstream...

  • 2

    0cookiemonster0

    2 years ago

    swimming is a full body work out.. and it never said you can't do it over a long period of time! ;)

    • 0

      Lewis

      9 months ago

      You're still swimming 5 miles, regardless of how long it takes.

  • 0

    lanzadam

    2 weeks ago

    I'm a swimmer and hate running I've actually swam three miles in one setting

  • 0

    Joost Bos

    2 weeks ago

    I'd rather walk 500 miles. And then walk 500 more.

  • 1

    NinjaCat

    6 months ago

    I've been a swimmer so I would pull that off easier...

  • 1

    bab1230

    7 months ago

    Swimming 5 miles is about equal to a marathon and running us safer

    • 1

      NinjaCat

      6 months ago

      Depends if you're a good swimmer or not

  • 0

    Aaron Stephanyshyn

    3 weeks ago

    Run a marathon or swim a marathon?

  • 1

    Bocaj Teews

    8 months ago

    Swimming is fucking difficult.

  • 1

    Abigail Carroll

    8 months ago

    There's no time limit, right? I'll finish this sometime next month

  • 1

    Joe Mama

    9 months ago

    I don't like drowning...

  • 1

    Gabriel

    9 months ago

    I have done both, and swimming is easier.

  • 1

    Anon

    9 months ago

    Just take breaks.

  • 1

    blackman69

    9 months ago

    Imma nigga, nigga... Fuck the water fool, running with ma big dick floppin

  • 1

    Courtland

    10 months ago

    I can't swim xD

    • 4

      Simone

      9 months ago

      I can... kind of swim... but I would drown

  • 0

    Halo

    4 weeks ago

    Who said it couldn't be a small amount of water there?

  • 0

    flobbit

    1 month ago

    Pfft people using flotation devices, I would then run on a treadmill in the back of a bus as it drove

  • 0

    Dawson Barton

    1 month ago

    how long? breaks?

  • 0

    Sen Markou

    1 month ago

    doesnt say u cant rest

  • 1

    GareBear

    1 year ago

    At least when I pass out running I won't die.

  • 0

    Dman Funs

    1 month ago

    run with hover boots that don't make my feet move

  • 0

    Andrew Blaszak

    1 month ago

    I can't swim so I would have a very hard time with that option xD

  • 1

    bones

    2 years ago

    at least i won't drown

  • 0

    Eve

    1 month ago

    It doesn't say you can't take breaks or do it piece by piece...

  • 0

    snapbacksandtattoos

    1 month ago

    As someone who has ran a marathon, fuck that.

  • 0

    OmegaIV

    1 month ago

    Actually it's 26 miles and 365 yards (about 1095 feet) . A fair difference.

  • 0

    Patrick McGavick

    1 month ago

    it doesn't say you can't take breaks...

  • 0

    Joshua G. Phillips

    1 month ago

    Well i can't swim so yeah...

  • 0

    aditi

    1 month ago

    swimming's a full body workout

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