Runner in China who chain-smoked throughout marathon banned for two years
Runner in China who chain-smoked throughout marathon banned for two years
Man popularly known as Uncle Chen earns title of ‘smoking brother’ in China
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How the hell can you be a chain smoker and run a marathon?!
54 0 ReplyIt's China...
Smoking a filtered cigarette might be better air quality than just breathing the air...
47 0 ReplyThe winner of the 1904 marathon was given rat poison. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_–_men's_marathon
Entire story is wild.
For podcast people the dollop also did an episode on this olympics. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KFLjcX163WI
44 0 ReplyI read the whole article. I wish Wikipedia articles had a comment section just or this article. What a wild ride.
14 0 ReplyThose are...surprisingly good marathon times, considering.
9 0 ReplyRight? I can’t even finish one.
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Holy hell this is definitely worth a read 😂
8 0 ReplySomething about the professional, detached tone combined with the absolute slapstick insanity of the article's content makes this perfect comedy
8 0 ReplyThat was amazing. Thanks for sharing.
4 0 ReplyYou should give the podcast a listen, I forgot the 1904 olympics was 7 months long.
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https://youtu.be/FDXnul5foxU?si=-pHYPKsG4RWOHqza this video is also about the same race
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A related video that's worth a watch for the sheer insanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myM5SY1mHoA
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3 0 ReplyThe dollop also did an episode on this olympics that is hilarious https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KFLjcX163WI
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I knew a guy in the army who would smoke a cigarette right before and directly after his 2 mile PT test run. Dude would run it in under 12 minutes. Some people are just built differently than us normal humans.
21 0 ReplyNicotine is a potent stimulant. If you don't smoke all the time and get tarred lungs then I could see why that would be very bit official. like running a marathon on Adderall to a lesser degree
10 0 ReplyHad a whole gang of dudes like this in the Marines too, you said they're just built different, I say they're just nicotine addicts.
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He was chasing them with cocaine.
1 0 ReplyMagnets?
0 0 ReplyI hope that's an American Dad reference...
Screw it, we'll just use magnets again
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