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Prop Bet: Friend whos never ran more than 2 miles at one time wants to run a marathon

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03-16-2012 , 12:24 AM

timmy720

grinder

Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 611

A few friends and I want to bet our friend that he can't run a marathon. He is about 6'0 130 pounds and a celiac. He never exercises and isn't physically active. Was wondering with 3 months of training what would be good odds to give him and what time would he have to complete it in?

03-16-2012 , 12:26 AM

timmy720

grinder

Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 611

Friend is 2p2er rankmenow incase anyone knows of him

Last edited by AMT; 03-21-2012 at 04:04 PM. Reason: Posted w/ permission of poster in question

03-16-2012 , 08:27 PM

1hugedonk81

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Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,111

how long is the marathon?

03-17-2012 , 12:15 AM

RankMeNOW

adept

Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 754

A full marathon (26.2 miles).

03-17-2012 , 12:21 AM

Turntup74

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,796

25:1 to complete

I'd say 5 hours should be the max, maybe even a little bit lower

03-20-2012 , 01:49 AM

Ded_Prez_Society

newbie

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 17

I've been running medium distances (8-12 miles) for the last 6 years.

Before making odds you need to know a few things;
-Is there a time limit he has to finish in
-Is he allowed to walk
-If he gets injured during the marathon is the bet void

Obviously if he is allowed to walk and there is no time limit, you should be getting about 3:1 to odds, however if he has to run the entire thing and has to finish in say under 6.5 hrs, a 15min/mile pace, there's pretty much no way you can lose, you can offer him 10:1, take 4 mortages out on your home, and make bank.

06-01-2012 , 05:12 AM

MtBroadway

newbie

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 18

Trainers say that you can add no more than about 10% to running distances each week. To get from 2mi to a marathon rankmenow would have to pick up 25%.

That said, if nobody cares if rankmenow runs or walks, and given a time of 5 hours, I'd happily take some of Turntup74's 25-1 line, and I'd be willing to talk terms on Ded_Prez_Society's line. (Same time, regardless of stride)

06-04-2012 , 07:51 AM

SwoopAE

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 22,249

Assuming you win if he doesn't complete the marathon for any reason including injury and he has a reasonable set time to finish it in that means he has to at least jog most of the way then you're basically a lock

If he's allowed to walk, the bet is stupid, since anyone can walk that far if there's no time limit.

06-07-2012 , 04:35 PM

Rizzeedizzee

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Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,073

Doable - some random radio DJ recently ran a marathon without any training:

http://www.wavy.com/dpps/news/strang...rathon_4083933

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