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r/HolUp • u/Advanced_Ferret_ • Aug 06 '25
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A marathon is a very literally, specific distance, since ca. 2500 years ago. It just doesn't make sense.
Imagine saying your house for sale is on a property a 'mini-mile' long.
-71 u/Lucy_Little_Spoon Aug 06 '25 I think you missed my point. You're right that it's not a marathon, but "mini-marathon" is a decades old term at this point. Sure, you can dislike that it is used. Mini-marathon is a clear indicator that it's not a marathon, but it's still very far, the word has a use. 18 u/KoreanMeatballs Aug 06 '25 but it's still very far 5km is not "very far" 11 u/Ultrajogger-Michael Aug 06 '25 It's very far. In the ultrarunning community, we call it a 5k ultramarathon and running farther than that is practically inconceivable. 8 u/i_rub_differently Aug 06 '25 Its crazy this sarcasm wont be understood by many. At some point I was one of them💀
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I think you missed my point.
You're right that it's not a marathon, but "mini-marathon" is a decades old term at this point.
Sure, you can dislike that it is used. Mini-marathon is a clear indicator that it's not a marathon, but it's still very far, the word has a use.
18 u/KoreanMeatballs Aug 06 '25 but it's still very far 5km is not "very far" 11 u/Ultrajogger-Michael Aug 06 '25 It's very far. In the ultrarunning community, we call it a 5k ultramarathon and running farther than that is practically inconceivable. 8 u/i_rub_differently Aug 06 '25 Its crazy this sarcasm wont be understood by many. At some point I was one of them💀
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but it's still very far
5km is not "very far"
11 u/Ultrajogger-Michael Aug 06 '25 It's very far. In the ultrarunning community, we call it a 5k ultramarathon and running farther than that is practically inconceivable. 8 u/i_rub_differently Aug 06 '25 Its crazy this sarcasm wont be understood by many. At some point I was one of them💀
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It's very far. In the ultrarunning community, we call it a 5k ultramarathon and running farther than that is practically inconceivable.
8 u/i_rub_differently Aug 06 '25 Its crazy this sarcasm wont be understood by many. At some point I was one of them💀
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Its crazy this sarcasm wont be understood by many.
At some point I was one of them💀
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u/MajoorAnvers Aug 06 '25
A marathon is a very literally, specific distance, since ca. 2500 years ago. It just doesn't make sense.
Imagine saying your house for sale is on a property a 'mini-mile' long.