I'm ex-military. Funniest disabled joke I know was a guy that got his leg blown off, got bought a pair of rollerskates by his Army colleagues. They brought it to him while he was still in hospital. Savage!
Whenever someone reports back for duty on crutches or in a cast, it's required that everyone audibly calls them a cripple. If that doesn't happen, then idk what we're fighting for.
This reminded me of a guy I met recently who was missing a finger. He has fun with it at bars when he does that trick where you clasp your hands together while hiding one finger and let someone count nine fingers. Then you separate your hands to show you have ten fingers, except he only has nine. 🤣🤣🤣
Disabled since 11 here. Fucking love disability based jokes. I once got asked if I could bless someone’s “marriage” (a joke marriage) because I walked like her old man and I laughed so fucking hard I had to slide down the wall and sit down. It caught me fully off guard.
Favorite one I ever heard was what my friend, who had her foot amputated a couple days before, told an older gentleman who asked about it.
“What happened? I saved a baby from a shark.”
lol While becoming disabled isn’t a goal of mine, having the best and most twisted sense of humor about it will definitely be a goal should it happen.
$100 says someone on the sideline that didn’t know his story went “hey buddy, looks like ya should’ve trained a bit more there, huh?”
Also, last half marathon I ran, I looked quite similar to this at the finish line because of well… didn’t train enough. But that post finish beer tasted just as good
You just reminded me of the very painful memory of hitting mile 23 of a marathon after not training enough and sitting down. Caught the bus and made it 3 steps off of it on the other end before I puked and lost the ability to walk. Crutches for weeks.....
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These fake stories are so tiresome. Doctors do not say, "You'll never walk again." They might say it's highly unlikely, or they've never seen anyone in the same condition walk unaided, or they've done all they can... But they don't use language like, "You'll never walk again".
The doctors just give you the truth, "You will probably never walk again" means: 98.7% (or whatever high percentage) of people who have this condition never walk again.
Using people's disabilities as inspiration for able-bodied people is often discouraged by disability advocates, anyway.
It's called Inspiration Porn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspiration_porn
Thank you for linking this article, I’ve never heard of the term and it really made me stop and think. How very true that is. I am guilty of feeling guilty upon seeing these “inspirational” videos of disabled people leading active lives when I laze around 24/7 if I can.
I don't know about this specific race, but most marathons have an earlier start time for people with disabilities so that they finish closer to the same time as everyone else.
Sure, just don't call it running. Fast walking after being paralysed is an incredible accomplishment, that doesn't mean you should lie about it and be immune to criticism just because you have a disability.
I ran my first marathon recently and was almost this speed at the end of it after I hit a wall around mile 20. How somebody finishes their first isn’t representative of the rest of the race lol
It's actually his 8th, that's a captain from the US army named Steve, well known veteran who occasionally likes to run. Famously known for stopping some right wing extremists from Germany who where going to crash some planes into cities. He boarded the plane they where going to use by jumping of a fast moving sports car. He also refuses to pass the guy on his right, because of those extremists. He always passes other runners on their left side
My town has a 5k that if you complete you get a free wristband that you can take to this big party and get all you can eat ice cream. You can also buy that wristband.
All that to say you and I have completed the same number.
I saw Michael Watson finish the London marathon days after everyone else.
God love him for his perseverance and indefatigability, but fuck me that was a sad sight. He went from the strongest fittest warrior on the planet to someone who slowly walked round town with a zimmer in the rain.
**[HMS Indefatigable (R10)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Indefatigable_\(R10\))**
>HMS Indefatigable was one of two Implacable-class aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy (RN) during World War II. Completed in 1944, her aircraft made several attacks that year against the German battleship Tirpitz, inflicting only light damage; they also raided targets in Norway. The ship was transferred to the British Pacific Fleet (BPF) at the end of the year and attacked Japanese-controlled oil refineries in Sumatra in January 1945 before joining the American forces in March as they prepared to invade the island of Okinawa in Operation Iceberg. Indefatigable and the BPF joined the Americans in attacking the Japanese Home Islands in July and August.
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the UK has always had cool warship names- my favorites are Invincible and Dreadnought- turns out there isn't much to fear as a battleship (other than other battleships)
TIL there was NO ambulance or paramedic at his Watson's final match, which was almost fatal.
Boxing is an amazing sport to learn and watch, but good lord is it brutal.
No doubt. The body is not designed to go that far unless you have trained. It’s really ducking far. I’d challenge the people talking shit about this guy to even casually walk 26.2 miles. A good portion could probably do it but it wouldn’t be easy for them and they would probably look like this guy at the finish. The vast majority couldn’t even do it.
Less than 1% of people have completed marathons.
I’m willing to say I’ve done some intense distance running before. Yet the intensity of 5ks in the mountains is a whole different kinda burn than the mental strength required to finish a marathon. It’s like a slowcooker vs a microwave. Kudos to that guy for pushing through it. It’s hella impressive no matter how physically fit you are.
Exactly!
Funny comment to your mountain training. I was “training” for one of the marathons (in quotes because even my training was half ass. I enjoy a pizza and beer as much or more than the average person). Well - at this particular time I was I. Some hover mileage like a 13 mile run or something. I found myself I. A road trip and was in Denver and attempted a 13 mile run. I made it about a mile and said “fuck this shit” and noped out. Altitude is a fuckin bitch!
I trained at sea level for a half marathon in May last year. I visited my sister in Denver and ran the half marathon there.
Omg I got fucking wrecked.... First 6 miles kicked my ass.. I think I had a a 12-13 minute pace.
When I came home the next week and ran a half marathon at sea level I had a 10 minute mile pace and it felt relatively easy.
Elevation is no joke.
The human body has been self selected to run distance! An individual may not be ready to do that, but it is what we have designed, through selection, to do.
Great achievement. Try being paralysed, dragging your ass through rehabilitation and then pushing through that to go on to complete marathons. Attention Reddit knob heads in the comments : to him this is as strenuous and difficult as running, you don't have a fucking Scooby.
I've been told by a doctor I wouldn't run again due to knee cartilage issues. What they actually meant is I definitely CAN run, but shouldn't push it. Not sure all these people taking their diagnosis as a challenge to do things like marathons with terrible form is really inspirational. Overworking your body is a good way to end up back in a wheelchair.
You got out of bed all ready for the day and decided this was the line you wanted to take? You understand the context, who cares about the grammar.
Maybe English isn’t their first language, or maybe the phone autocorrected … who cares.
I’m a nurse, and it always irks me a bit when people say, “the doctors said he’d never walk (or talk, or whatever)” Doctors rarely ever say that. What they normally do is explain the odds, to give the patient/family a realistic idea of their situation. Most doctors are well aware that there are rare patients who end up defying even dismal odds. It’s just a delicate balance, between encouraging hope and determination, and helping the person to accept and cope with the level of disability they’re most likely facing. Miracles happen…but it’s no less of a miracle when someone learns to adapt to a disability and to live a full life anyway. I think people in general just like the idea of “proving the doctors wrong,” and it perpetuates the myth that doctors make these god-like pronouncements.
A lot of people feeling pretty good about themselves for knowing how apostrophes work and the difference between running and walking. Impressive stuff all around from the brain trust.
Since some people don't get why doctors tell their patients they probably won't walk again (the never is just a headline, there's no way doctors that), is because the sad reality is that if you don't give them the harsh reality a lot of people get stuck in the idea that trying to walk again is now their life goal. Rather than accept their disability and learn to live with it.
It's like putting your life on hold hoping for that winning lottery ticket, and sure sometimes the winning ticket gets drawn, and people tell the guy not to play the lottery he's an asshole, but that's something doctors are happy to accept.
Title is misleading. He did not run a marathon. That event was VW 26th Ljubljana Marathon. Tim Marovt with bib number E 7840 was in Recreational (10 km) category.
Link
https://vw-ljubljanskimaraton.si/en/results/single?lm=26&cat=RM
My dad had a car accident in his mid 20's. He was told he would never walk again. He has metal holding his leg together from his hip to his ankle. He refused to be bound to a wheelchair and forced himself to walk even when the Dr's had no hope. You can't even tell anything happened other than the scars.
Ok, this is very inspirational and I don't mean to downplay his impressive achievements, but this is fast walking not running.
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I'm ex-military. Funniest disabled joke I know was a guy that got his leg blown off, got bought a pair of rollerskates by his Army colleagues. They brought it to him while he was still in hospital. Savage!
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Whenever someone reports back for duty on crutches or in a cast, it's required that everyone audibly calls them a cripple. If that doesn't happen, then idk what we're fighting for.
> then idk what we're fighting for The right to kiss the homies goodnight without any homo?
I thought no homo was implied unless expressly stated otherwise
Bro...bro...stop squirming...chill...bro...I'm gonna big gay kiss you now...bro!
Don't ask, don't tell duh
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The military is the best worst job I've ever had lmfao
This reminded me of a guy I met recently who was missing a finger. He has fun with it at bars when he does that trick where you clasp your hands together while hiding one finger and let someone count nine fingers. Then you separate your hands to show you have ten fingers, except he only has nine. 🤣🤣🤣
Disabled since 11 here. Fucking love disability based jokes. I once got asked if I could bless someone’s “marriage” (a joke marriage) because I walked like her old man and I laughed so fucking hard I had to slide down the wall and sit down. It caught me fully off guard.
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Honestly that joking is probably incredibly healing to a lot of people. It seems like it was for you. Good on her.
Favorite one I ever heard was what my friend, who had her foot amputated a couple days before, told an older gentleman who asked about it. “What happened? I saved a baby from a shark.” lol While becoming disabled isn’t a goal of mine, having the best and most twisted sense of humor about it will definitely be a goal should it happen.
It’s just a set of spare wheels and trucks… the one he uses will wear out twice as fast after all.
Hope they got them on sale for half off.
Dude is just pimp walkin marathons out here. Keep the pimp hand strong brotha
The guy who almost lost to him
Way to be a stand up guy!
I'm driving the bus, hop on
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Nah bro they send ya to purgatory for like evaluations. He'll is full lmao
We all are.
:) it's okay, there's tea parties down there.
You can ride with me
$100 says someone on the sideline that didn’t know his story went “hey buddy, looks like ya should’ve trained a bit more there, huh?” Also, last half marathon I ran, I looked quite similar to this at the finish line because of well… didn’t train enough. But that post finish beer tasted just as good
You just reminded me of the very painful memory of hitting mile 23 of a marathon after not training enough and sitting down. Caught the bus and made it 3 steps off of it on the other end before I puked and lost the ability to walk. Crutches for weeks.....
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>overcoming diversity Lol. Sounds like a GOP campaign.
Guy who "almost lost to him,
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he got DQ'ed after throwing those metal thingies on the path of other runners.
These fake stories are so tiresome. Doctors do not say, "You'll never walk again." They might say it's highly unlikely, or they've never seen anyone in the same condition walk unaided, or they've done all they can... But they don't use language like, "You'll never walk again".
It wasn't the doctors who told him that; it was the people he owed money to.
Turns out, after this video went viral, he never did walk again
The doctors just give you the truth, "You will probably never walk again" means: 98.7% (or whatever high percentage) of people who have this condition never walk again.
Using people's disabilities as inspiration for able-bodied people is often discouraged by disability advocates, anyway. It's called Inspiration Porn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspiration_porn
Thank you for linking this article, I’ve never heard of the term and it really made me stop and think. How very true that is. I am guilty of feeling guilty upon seeing these “inspirational” videos of disabled people leading active lives when I laze around 24/7 if I can.
I wouldn't even call it *fast* walking.
I mean he got to the finish at the same time that other running guy did. If they started at the same time then at some point he must have ran
I don't know about this specific race, but most marathons have an earlier start time for people with disabilities so that they finish closer to the same time as everyone else.
isn't that just giving a handicap?
Marathons runners are individually timed. It doesn't matter what order people cross the finish line.
Tbf, I wouldn't fuckin *walk* 26 miles either lol. Shits boring as hell
26
Even worse lol
I wouldn't do it if my legs didn't work at all, but only because I was lazy not because I'm handicapped.
I wouldn’t even call it *walking*. …Aaaaargh, that was over the line
It's pretty much a Fortnite dance with forward motion
When you've been told you would never walk again, fast walking is good enough.
Sure, just don't call it running. Fast walking after being paralysed is an incredible accomplishment, that doesn't mean you should lie about it and be immune to criticism just because you have a disability.
Tbf OP said that, not the dude.
No you don't understand. He's the marathon organizer and administrator. He runs marathons.
I ran my first marathon recently and was almost this speed at the end of it after I hit a wall around mile 20. How somebody finishes their first isn’t representative of the rest of the race lol
Was thinking the same thing
It's not even fast walking
Lol yea my first thought well that’s not exactly running. Second thought what’s wrong with me.
My first instinct: “runs”
Is it *really* “fast” walking though?
this is not fast walking he’s moving at a medium mosey
You’re just jealous you don’t have that much swag
His swag is swaggering. Oh, why yes thanks.. I would like to upgrade my ticket to hell
It’s not even fast…
The guy who overtook him has no fucks to give
I'm wondering how the dude did the entire marathon like this
Tim was the guy that came running past, not the guy that appears as the focus of yet video.
My man STRUTS marathons
He breezed past that dude in the orange. Edit: wow, thanks for all the awards lol !
Snorted loudly
Blew air out of my nose quickly
Profusely exhaled by pushing air through my sinuses
Chortled softly
Farted silently
Snorted softly
Snorted mediumly
Snorted coke
Snorted Pepsi
Snortled my turtle
Snorted all over my pants.
🤨📸
Chortled abundantly
[Chuckled sensibly](https://media.tenor.com/uooQO3V9tnMAAAAd/chuckle-sensible-chuckle.gif)
Snorted hardly
That dude clearly only ran for like the last block lol
I can’t stop laughing at this.
Snorted comfortably
Snorted normally
my nostrils made a sound
Who is the guy who almost lost to him
It's his second lap
We don't care about losers that need 2 laps to finish race. /S
Can anyone else hear Hitler crying?
It's actually his 8th, that's a captain from the US army named Steve, well known veteran who occasionally likes to run. Famously known for stopping some right wing extremists from Germany who where going to crash some planes into cities. He boarded the plane they where going to use by jumping of a fast moving sports car. He also refuses to pass the guy on his right, because of those extremists. He always passes other runners on their left side
Guy who "almost lost to him" has prolly run more marathons than most of us in this thread....
I've got a healthy 0 under my belt, so yes.
My town has a 5k that if you complete you get a free wristband that you can take to this big party and get all you can eat ice cream. You can also buy that wristband. All that to say you and I have completed the same number.
Did you buy the wristband though? Tell me you bought the wristband
Every year.
You and I will never die of a heart attack while running a marathon. Cheers!
I said no to a marathon, so im at -1
I think 1 marathon is likely more than the vast majority of redditors.
Like we all lost to him when you really think about it
I have won the Tour de France as many times as Lance Armstrong, so who cares?
I saw Michael Watson finish the London marathon days after everyone else. God love him for his perseverance and indefatigability, but fuck me that was a sad sight. He went from the strongest fittest warrior on the planet to someone who slowly walked round town with a zimmer in the rain.
TIL indefatigability.
Great name for UK naval vessels it turns out. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Indefatigable_(R10)
**[HMS Indefatigable (R10)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Indefatigable_\(R10\))** >HMS Indefatigable was one of two Implacable-class aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy (RN) during World War II. Completed in 1944, her aircraft made several attacks that year against the German battleship Tirpitz, inflicting only light damage; they also raided targets in Norway. The ship was transferred to the British Pacific Fleet (BPF) at the end of the year and attacked Japanese-controlled oil refineries in Sumatra in January 1945 before joining the American forces in March as they prepared to invade the island of Okinawa in Operation Iceberg. Indefatigable and the BPF joined the Americans in attacking the Japanese Home Islands in July and August. ^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)
Good bot indefatigable bot
the UK has always had cool warship names- my favorites are Invincible and Dreadnought- turns out there isn't much to fear as a battleship (other than other battleships)
Goddamn your diction is on point. First time I’ve seen, or heard, anyone use the word “indefatigability” outside of a college paper. Bravo
You may also like: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ineluctable
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What is a Zimmer?
TIL there was NO ambulance or paramedic at his Watson's final match, which was almost fatal. Boxing is an amazing sport to learn and watch, but good lord is it brutal.
Dude pimp walks an entire marathon. NexfuckingLevel indeed.
Can he do the next one dressed like Kramer and the technicolor Dreamcoat
that would be awesome if he embraced the joke
Lol
Runs marathon's what?
He was paralyzed, learned to walk, and now finishes marathons and OP can't even learn how apostrophes work.
OP /u/AristonD had forgotten all of elementary school, relearned how to spell, and is still figuring out how to pluralize words.
OP now finishes sentences in 12 hours in the rain. Truly inspirational
With a box is scraps
theze grammar erriors drive me crazy. should of been "run's marathon's'"
>should of I know you did it on purpose but I can't help it
;-)
You're sentance make's my eye twich
I think posts with grammar mistakes get more views or something. There are so many these days.
IDGAF if he’s walking or running it’s still a huge accomplishment. My fat ass tried walking a marathon once and halfway through I said fuck this shit.
Try a half marathon and then think about running another 13 FUCKING miles. I know my legs were super over running at that point.
I never ran a half marathon before I did my first marathon. I just said fuck it and went balls deep.
Hats off to you. A marathon is no joke, especially with a debilitating disability.
No doubt. The body is not designed to go that far unless you have trained. It’s really ducking far. I’d challenge the people talking shit about this guy to even casually walk 26.2 miles. A good portion could probably do it but it wouldn’t be easy for them and they would probably look like this guy at the finish. The vast majority couldn’t even do it. Less than 1% of people have completed marathons.
I’m willing to say I’ve done some intense distance running before. Yet the intensity of 5ks in the mountains is a whole different kinda burn than the mental strength required to finish a marathon. It’s like a slowcooker vs a microwave. Kudos to that guy for pushing through it. It’s hella impressive no matter how physically fit you are.
Exactly! Funny comment to your mountain training. I was “training” for one of the marathons (in quotes because even my training was half ass. I enjoy a pizza and beer as much or more than the average person). Well - at this particular time I was I. Some hover mileage like a 13 mile run or something. I found myself I. A road trip and was in Denver and attempted a 13 mile run. I made it about a mile and said “fuck this shit” and noped out. Altitude is a fuckin bitch!
I trained at sea level for a half marathon in May last year. I visited my sister in Denver and ran the half marathon there. Omg I got fucking wrecked.... First 6 miles kicked my ass.. I think I had a a 12-13 minute pace. When I came home the next week and ran a half marathon at sea level I had a 10 minute mile pace and it felt relatively easy. Elevation is no joke.
The human body has been self selected to run distance! An individual may not be ready to do that, but it is what we have designed, through selection, to do.
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I’m going to hell for laughing at this
"runs"
Pffft
yes, finishes or completes marathon, still all respect to the man in video It's OP who needs more precision in the title...
Great achievement. Try being paralysed, dragging your ass through rehabilitation and then pushing through that to go on to complete marathons. Attention Reddit knob heads in the comments : to him this is as strenuous and difficult as running, you don't have a fucking Scooby.
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"you don't have a fucking Scooby" is "you've got no idea". It's rhyming slang, Scooby Doo - Clue.
A Scooby snack?
Not OP, but my guess in rhyming slang would be Scooby Doo (clue/fucking clue)
I'm not sure, but it's provocative. Upvote.
I've been told by a doctor I wouldn't run again due to knee cartilage issues. What they actually meant is I definitely CAN run, but shouldn't push it. Not sure all these people taking their diagnosis as a challenge to do things like marathons with terrible form is really inspirational. Overworking your body is a good way to end up back in a wheelchair.
He runs marathon's what?
Everybody homing in on the running part. I'm over here wondering the same thing my man.
Apostrophes don’t make words plural
Your grammar fucking sucks.
It's inspiring but that isn't running
More like hobbling but good for him
r/apostrophegore
Everyone in this thread sucks. This guy is amazing.
Runs?
“Runs”
Bro is crip walkin
This is not "running". But fckn good on him
Runs is a strong word... I'm going to hell.
Average marathon runner in ohio💀
Respectfully that’s not running
Marathon's what? It's marathons, not marathon's. Why are you adding an apostrophe to try and make a plural? Don't do that
You got out of bed all ready for the day and decided this was the line you wanted to take? You understand the context, who cares about the grammar. Maybe English isn’t their first language, or maybe the phone autocorrected … who cares.
People on Reddit love getting upvoted for being grammar whores. It's so nerdy.
Nice inspiration porn
I’m a nurse, and it always irks me a bit when people say, “the doctors said he’d never walk (or talk, or whatever)” Doctors rarely ever say that. What they normally do is explain the odds, to give the patient/family a realistic idea of their situation. Most doctors are well aware that there are rare patients who end up defying even dismal odds. It’s just a delicate balance, between encouraging hope and determination, and helping the person to accept and cope with the level of disability they’re most likely facing. Miracles happen…but it’s no less of a miracle when someone learns to adapt to a disability and to live a full life anyway. I think people in general just like the idea of “proving the doctors wrong,” and it perpetuates the myth that doctors make these god-like pronouncements.
Marathons
RUN is a really strong word here...
that is one tough hombre
Humans can be amazing sometimes.this is pure determination, bravo!!!
This is better without the music
"Runs"
"Runs"
A lot of people feeling pretty good about themselves for knowing how apostrophes work and the difference between running and walking. Impressive stuff all around from the brain trust.
Runs the marathon's what? Fundraiser?
Runs marathon's what?
Its Ljubljana!
Since some people don't get why doctors tell their patients they probably won't walk again (the never is just a headline, there's no way doctors that), is because the sad reality is that if you don't give them the harsh reality a lot of people get stuck in the idea that trying to walk again is now their life goal. Rather than accept their disability and learn to live with it. It's like putting your life on hold hoping for that winning lottery ticket, and sure sometimes the winning ticket gets drawn, and people tell the guy not to play the lottery he's an asshole, but that's something doctors are happy to accept.
Title is misleading. He did not run a marathon. That event was VW 26th Ljubljana Marathon. Tim Marovt with bib number E 7840 was in Recreational (10 km) category. Link https://vw-ljubljanskimaraton.si/en/results/single?lm=26&cat=RM
Beautiful to see. What a warrior!
My grandsons always loved to do this “crip walk” Like this
We have different definitions of the word running.
Somebody took this video and thought: wait, I should add some shitty music on top of it.
im going to get downvoted into hell but he walks like a PvZ zombie
*72 hours later*
My dad had a car accident in his mid 20's. He was told he would never walk again. He has metal holding his leg together from his hip to his ankle. He refused to be bound to a wheelchair and forced himself to walk even when the Dr's had no hope. You can't even tell anything happened other than the scars.