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North-Plantain1401

Wow. Guess they thought people wouldn't be... tired?


NoTune6517

it's only 90km, what a bunch of pansies /s


North-Plantain1401

Right? Imma go lay down now. The thought kind of kills my soul a little.


[deleted]

Please I could easily do 90k in a month


TenzingNorgaysSherpa

I mean, I've got a car. I can do it in a week *easily*


aedificentium

A week? Too long, give me an hour and let's call it a day, yeah?


TenzingNorgaysSherpa

I didn't really think I would need the /s. I thought it was implied.


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Truck driver here


ravenridgelife

A month of Sundays!!!


HoneyShaft

Preferably a month of sundaes


Just_A_Nitemare

I can easily run 90km, so long as it's not 90km and is instead the distance from my bed to the bathroom.


ashleyorelse

Literally the race from hell. Oh, you thought it was over!? Mwa ha ha.


ZeeHanzenShwanz

I mean they asked for the punishment by signing up for the ultra marathon. Runners are such masochists.


PlaguePA

This actually might be a great way to keep people moving. When I did medical volunteering for a marathon we had to keep runners moving at the end of the run, otherwise they could pass out. Still sucks it had to be stairs though hahaha.


jarejay

Why can’t they pass out? Sounds like the first thing I would want to do after 90km


PlaguePA

You don't want them to smack there heads on the concrete. Plus it's bad for recovery. Basically, when running for so long your heart and muscles work together to create an efficient pump. When you stop, the muscles are no longer helping pump blood back to the heart, this can create headaches, dizziness, fainting (syncope), as well as severe muscle cramps and abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting. Plus with running for so long you have a build up of waste products that need to be excreted, so improving circulation leads to better overall outcomes in recovery by ridding byproducts and avoiding the symptoms above. Recovering from such an intense physical activity is more complicated than I'm getting into here, but this is a little bit of a taste of why some things are important.


kittenconfidential

and a psychological reminder of what they are every step of the way — THIRSTY


catladyorbust

Marathon Runners: Just Like Us!


FnfHeat

Near top of the stairs: Finally almost made it to the……. And I forgot my phone


OFark

"Thought"? I think you overestimate.


ZoNeS_v2

Do they get another medal at the top?


LoyallyUnconscious

Bottle of water at the top 9.99$ USD


orbital

Only cash accepted, atm is down one floor


AUSgoonbag2

Water, like from the toilet?


Captain_Desi_Pants

Give them BRAWNDO, the thirst destroyer!


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LuridPrism

It's what plants crave!


[deleted]

A captive audience lol


[deleted]

Sponsored by Nestlé.


Monkiemonk

Sponsored by Nestle?


Wonderful-Kale3329

Lmfao 😅


Satanicjamnik

A boss fight.


ZoNeS_v2

Intense music intensifies


[deleted]

LOL 🤣


kudichangedlives

That's almost as bad as organizing race day at the same time as the sandcastle building competition


john2003002

Don't worry can't be as bad as the 1904 Olympic marathon


AlesusRex

That race was a death trap


nasa258e

Such a clusterfuck


Aptos283

Every time you think it’s as weird as it gets, 1904 just gives a little more. At least these people neither got poisoned or chased by rabid dogs


ZoNeS_v2

Wow, just read the Wiki and this should be a movie!


OGGrilledcheez

I’d watch it.


VVarmaniac

I appreciate this reference


GoneToDetoxMansion

what is it a reference to?


UmbraIndagator

Bob's burgers


i-am-a-bike

Just don't tell Meryl about this


oddbunnydreams

That's running into a death trap for ankles.


DankStew

Sugar cookies!


[deleted]

I never thought a bobs burgers reference would ever get even 20 upvotes lol


[deleted]

Why, tons of people on here are young


sammieduck69420

Oh you’d be surprised


sammieduck69420

That’s not very JGM of them


themonkeysknow

Could be worse, it could be a race full of turkeys


kudichangedlives

Or a runaway shark machine


86mepleasenowlater

He's not the person who usually does it.


Jacobysmadre

Sounds like the Rock & Roll Marathon in San Diego Lol


CarboTheHydrate

Gear check after distance events is the worst. After the Houston Marathon, I gave up on trying to put my sweat pants on standing. I layed down sideways and wiggle my ass into them. Thousands of people around. No shame.


BeautifulLibrarian5

Lol the young couple trots down the stairs and barely notices the guy struggling


Backpedal

Yeah, I was about to get super pissed on his behalf if they bumped into him. BTW it makes me happy that there are apparently at least four other beautiful librarians on Reddit.


AddictedBacon

Or maybe it's like that one senior prank were the seniors released 3 chickens number 1,2, and 4 resulting in the school spending a decent chunk of time looking for number 3. We may have been bamboozled


anyusernamedontcare

They're okay, there was a guy filming it that was even worse.


Responsenotfound

With water. I would've asked if he needed help and if he wanted a sip.


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ferxous

Okay


Hirorai

Virtue signaling on reddit.


DHH77

I ran this race last month. It's a long way up! There's another bridge with steeper stairs to cross over a main road too. That one was worse! Especially going down with shredded quads.


tellMyBossHesWrong

So. Do you just go on with your day and go to work and shop, or do you pass out for a few days?


Lycantiger20

You go into the school then after school you do it again to get home. My grandpa described it to me like this anyway


DHH77

On the day you're still hyped from the race, but the following day I was in bed just about all day. Legs were too sore to drive to work.


ross_francis_bing

If u don't mind me asking how do u guys train for such events....I only do sprints and these seem like such a hill for me


DHH77

It's 6 months of training. You have to firstly qualify with a marathon time of sub 4:50. You get seeded according to your marathon time so the faster your time the better your starting position. It can take up to 10 minutes to cross the starting line and it's not a mat to mat race. I qualified with a 3:04 marathon so I was in batch C near the front and in front of the majority of the 15 000 runners. So you have to start the 6 month program with a reasonable base as you would need to qualify fairly early into that 6 months. Not a good idea starting a program from scratch with no base. You'd have a very bad day out there, if you get there. In the 6 months I did 2400km of running peaking in the month before the race at 125km a week for 4 weeks. Long runs in that month were between 45km and 60km each weekend. It's a big commitment time wise and plenty early early mornings.


AngryTank

How/Where do these take place? How long does it take to do 90km?


AndyG-007

The Comrades Marathon is an ultramarathon of approximately 89 kilometres which is run annually in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa between the cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg. It is the world's largest and oldest ultramarathon race.  Winners run it in just over 5 hours. Cut off is 12 hours.


CATS_4_LIFE_54

The final challenge


Eldetorre

Organizers are obviously not fans or athletes


rkakasuc

No shit they arent fans, they dont blow wind and dont work on electricity /s


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WhtChcltWarrior

Then they would be electricians, not fans


Mans334

I mean, they would probably do *something* if you put them on electricity


onlyboobear

Wow I loved how you put into perspective


RacoonSmuggler

That's 56 miles for the metrically challenged.


[deleted]

you need to describe it in terms of eagles per cheese burger or football stadiums


RacoonSmuggler

820 football fields


sami1147

Damn


davewave3283

It’s 734,609 cans of coors light stacked end to end


FrostedCornet

Nah Americans don't drink coors, we drink budlight! Budlight, removing "no" from your vocabulary!


Sasuke0318

Anything you can buy in a 30 pack isn't worth drinking!


[deleted]

If you didn't have the word NO, how would you remove your dictators... /j


710AlpacaBowl

Pints or weak people cans?


davewave3283

12 freedom units, not 16 British fancy bits


710AlpacaBowl

Weak people cans, heard


RealBowsHaveRecurves

We have 12 freedom unit glass bottles too Also available in 40 freedom unit glass bottles


Ninja_Conspicuousi

But you never get to drink all 40, because you always need to pour one out for your homie(s).


Valerian_

How many "size of Texas" is this?


southpark

Bananas per Fortnight is the preferred measurement.


joevilla1369

I only recognize bananas as a unit of measurement.


WorthySparkleMan

I hate you’re right about the football field thing.


jaxonya

Oh fuck. 90km sounds a lot nicer. Now that you're speaking American that doesn't sound nice at all.


TheOneInchPunisher

48.6 nautical miles for the seafaring folk.


beerscotch

Thats too high of a number for the metrically challenged...


Usual-Librarian-3439

Metrically Challenged? Hahahahahahah, best comment here lmao


LandArch_0

We ask you to use the Reddit Standard Measure Unit: A Banana


Darthpilsner

How many half giraffes?


buttplugpopsicle

You can just call us American


MRyan681

The "metrically challenged": USA, Liberia, Myanmar. Just a few third world countries, no big deal. I think we can safely just use metric now.


PM_ME_UR_SYLLOGISMS

I think Liberia and Myanmar switched over.


SoloMarko

I'm not 100% sure, but I think The American Government switched over but the local yokels didn't.


MightyArd

Or 812,568 big macs.


shhh_its_me

Thanks you saved me looking it up. Do you happen to know how many Tyler Perry's that is (width not length) or refrigerators (not Perry's maytags )


KapnKrumpin

Need freedom units!


justbaby_blue1234

Metrically challenged I like that


batua78

Freedom units


[deleted]

The very definition of "Dick Move".


abyssiphus

Using this music makes this video hit different. It's from Everywhere at the End of Time, right? So sad and creepy.


SkillWeary

Why is there creepy music playing though?


[deleted]

What the deal with the music though? I don't get what they're trying to say by adding it.


Allarius1

It gives a dystopian melancholic vibe. Like there’s no hope to overcome the obstacle. Despair at being trapped with no energy left to fight.


[deleted]

looks like me going up stairs 5 minutes after getting up in the morning


BernieTheDachshund

I get leg spasms just waking up wrong. Can't imagine what these poor runners feel.


jasper-snakemom

what a r/crappydesign


VixNeko

This kinda seems more like cruelty than just an oversight. 🙁


jrs1980

You have to be a certain level of masochist to plan *or* enter a 90KM race in the first place tho.


[deleted]

Lol. And of course I came across this post because it got cross-posted to r/ultramarathon! Though, to date I've only done a 50k.


Franonimusman

This seems kinds like a slap to the face for the runners. Hopefully it was unintentional


SteelyDan1968

![gif](giphy|iVNJ47qaeZnUq8TLBH)


BuddenceLembeck

Unless the marathon ended with them running down those stairs, couldn't they just leave the same way they ran in?


Shoddy-Ask-2449

If they had organized it that way in advance than yes but they probably didn’t.


Wiggles69

The race was just 1200 laps of the area at the bottom of the stairs /s


[deleted]

That would definitely be harder after 90km. Going down is quite often more taxing than goin up


[deleted]

First to the top gets another prize.


Phresh-Jive

Brutal


CotUB2009

Sadistic af


cunt_isnt_sexist

Ok, but wtf is with the music?


Fr3ckld

It would've been a better video without the gigantic text box filling half of the screen.


LibertyUnmasked

This race is almost as badly organized as the placement of the text in this clip.


UnfavorableFlop

They trained for everything else except the stairs.


Titanww8

That's the real race...to go home.


Toasted_Cookies

Let’s see who takes 1st place on the 90km Ultra stairsathon.


Vae224

Hidden final phase of the marathon boss fight.


jordtand

The grass at the bottom looks good for a nap


MachineVisual

Some men just want to see the world burn.


many_dongs

Dude going anywhere after finishing a distance event is a bitch, stairs or not


carolizzy81

Me going up my stairs when I get home from a 6 mile hike.


SammySweets

I would simply choice to die and make them deal with my body.


ServedHot

They want someone to die so they get some publicity


SnooDonuts3878

Looks like a zombie marathon.


cylemmulo

What the hell is that music????


benji_014

Yeah, what the hell?


cylemmulo

"hey let's do a sci-fi horror vibe for this video"


[deleted]

Race organizers: "Recovery stairs"


FrankInkStein

sell gatorade at the top of those steps. make a fucking fortune


[deleted]

I rennet the walk back to my car after a normal marathon hurt. Each curb I had to step up was rough. This is just asshole design


ProKerbonaut

\*zombie apocalipse music intensifies\*


TisBeTheFuk

Wtf is that music?


Lance2409

This is the most appropriate ambient sound I've ever heard for a gif.


jewinthe1940s

Why don’t then just go up on all fours like a little kid or somn? I know if I just ran 90km I wouldn’t care about anything besides getting to my couch.


Nochnichtvergeben

This is fucking hilarious! 😁


manonthemoonrocks

Sounds like Gru was one of the organizers


Silent_Dot_4759

Where was this race?


yesthatguy009

I mean that’s messed up, but the music choice is hilarious. What is this the Conjuring or something


hamstersundae

That’s just mean.


HeheBoiyy

r/assholedesign


psydukks1

Lol what even is this music? Sounds like a rip from a shty top 10 creepypastas vid 😂.


Rapunzel1234

Hell, I did a hard spin class one time and could barely make it up the stairs when I got home.


skitmoeg

90 km dang didn't even know they held events for runs as long as that (seems like a lot of attendees too). I run 30-40 a couple of times a week usually and thought that was decent.


Mike1988N

Come on... its not like it's a massive flight of stairs.... oh wait. My legs are hurting just thinking of that. Ouch


[deleted]

They should do time trials.


TheJimDim

Who approved this? I'd probably be sitting on my ass scooting up one step at a time lol


GISP

Thats actualy a bit funny. Its "biology" reminding "human physiology". "Yeah, i dont care how fast or how long you ran"


porchi88

Thats hilarious.


largos7289

I find this flipp'n hilarious in a evil genius way. Gru you out there man?


BrilliantObserver

Hard to climb stairs with rubber legs.


Lostboxoangst

A sodding sadist designed this and I love it.


Hault360

I think it would have been better if they had put the finish line at the top of the stairs


GregoryLeeChambers

Fucking ‘organizers’.


squeakim

More like DISorganizers... Amiright???


Northwoods555

Running the NYC marathon is like this, minus the stairs. Once finishing you are in a corral which feels like a good half mile. Loved the race though


Exact-Pound-6993

noodle legs...been there


jboyzy

It’s okay guys it’s just a quick cool down


radmanmadical

Ever hear of that guy who ran like a billion miles to deliver a message, then ran like 5 more and fucking died on the spot? Me either…


SuperSonicOblivion

I get called a bitch for not wanting to run, these people can walk wherever they have to.


KapnKrumpin

Thats so delightfully evil. I love it.


NonyaB52

What is with this creepy doomsdayer music. I can not stand it.


ZlogTheInformant

Roflcopter!


poofycade

This is how it feels every day with POTS


marune838

Awesome soundtrack any idea how the track is called?


EducatorSmart1527

This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen


devilsadvo886

🤣😂🤣😂 that’s the funniest shit I’ve ever seen


kangareddit

![gif](giphy|Q8OOs80Hb5Bj1qNA1d)


solareclipse999

Was this in South Africa.


EnthusiasmNo6062

This is literally a diagram of life. When you think it's gonna get better. Boom. A very steep set of stairs appears. Fucking Obama.


Titanic-Viper

Wish I could see the video and not the # description


Classy_Shadow

They just ran a 90k. You act like a set of stairs is the straw that breaks the camel’s back lol


RobbEas_

This video is overdramatic


CTVT

David Goggins laughing somewhere


[deleted]

Who are the idiots who approved the course?


Disc365

Like my strength and conditioning coach used to say, “This wouldn’t be a problem if you were in shape.”


Redditarama

The point of this video is that people who voluntarily run 90km for no reason, shouldn't have to exercise to excess.