Post B0NTOpBLMZCVilbJi4 by callisto@disabled.social
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(DIR) Post #B0MvqdlpzFUFzolLn6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-18T11:44:49Z
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@MarkHoltom I did a little research and this story seems to be real but it's driving me nuts that I can't seem to find the name of the runner she was helping to drink. I like this story but it also bothers me how people fawn over it because I do not consider this to be something that should be remarkable. It should be normal, you know?
(DIR) Post #B0MwBDwxBOYVznmFGq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-18T11:48:30Z
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@MarkHoltom This feels like those headlines:"HEARTWARMING: teen spends college savings to cover grandmothers medical bills"(That is NOT "heartwarming" I'm sorry.)
(DIR) Post #B0N6iSZEr5ZUQfAgkq by PizzaDemon@mastodon.online
2025-11-18T13:46:34Z
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@futurebird @MarkHoltom What caught my eye was that this guy was running a marathon so he obviously trains distance. Doesn't he have a system worked out? Wouldn't he wear that kind of augmented camelback instead depending on the water stations?
(DIR) Post #B0N9zQsqfURxzb82Pw by regendans@todon.eu
2025-11-18T14:23:12Z
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@futurebird @MarkHoltom Well, I had a go at this but I'm not sure about the results (And mind you several websites are unreachable now that Cloudflare is down). This page shows that apparently only one Chinese male attended in Zheng-Kai in 2010 but I cannot find a photo of this person. With another search (looking for all East Asians attending) I found that one person from Mongolia joined the same marathon but this person does not have amputed arms on a photo. https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/road-running/marathon/all/men/senior/2010?regionType=countries&region=chn&page=1&bestResultsOnly=false&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=10229634&ageCategory=senior 😑This page shows that a lot of people from Kenya attended and won prices. https://more.arrs.run/race/134517 The second price for the Black lady from Kenya in the photo still gave her $6000.Anyway, it would have been good if journalists had made an effort to give the hydrated marathon runner a name.
(DIR) Post #B0NAwXfn4KgS8QCrOS by RandamuMaki@mstdn.social
2025-11-18T14:33:54Z
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@futurebird @MarkHoltom That headline should be a ghoulish warning of just how bad the economy is doing.
(DIR) Post #B0NFNKOqvTDqbWJOoy by asakiyume@wandering.shop
2025-11-18T15:23:26Z
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@futurebird @MarkHoltom Yeah, I'm wondering about this because a marathon is a long race, and the guy would have had to prepare for it through a lot of training, and the problem of drinking (and eating) during the race is something he would have planned for and trained for: i.e., he would have had a way to get water!But sometimes life is strange, maybe he didn't; IDK!
(DIR) Post #B0NTOpBLMZCVilbJi4 by callisto@disabled.social
2025-11-18T18:00:41Z
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@futurebird @MarkHoltom Yeah after you said that I went picking through, and it appears that this was such a small race that the results aren't online, at least in English, and I have no Chinese. Otherwise it would be super easy to find his name by his bib number. But the race is still being run, so anybody with Chinese language skills and maybe local contact with race organizers can find him :)