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What's the worse car sticker: "26.2" or "0.0"?

[GooooMarquette]

What's the worse car sticker: "26.2" or "0.0"?

0.0

The whole 26.2 thing is kind of obnoxious, but at least it signifies an impressive accomplishment. 0.0 is obnoxious and says "look at me, I didn't do anything."

[NorthernDancerColt]

0.0

The whole 26.2 thing is kind of obnoxious, but at least it signifies an impressive accomplishment. 0.0 is obnoxious and says "look at me, I didn't do anything."

It would be worthwhile as either a Nihilistic credo or the grandfather of the parent whose "kid beat up your Honors student", but it is pretty much just saying....

RUNNING SUCKS

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

What's the worse car sticker: "26.2" or "0.0"?

70.3 is pretty cool. 0.0 means you have a good sense of humor.

13.1 is the worst.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

What's the worse car sticker: "26.2" or "0.0"?

Heard a solid joke about these stickers at open mic night at a bar a few years back.

"Having a sticker that brags about how far you can run in a country with an obesity epidemic is like me going to a Third World country with a sticker that brags about how many calories I eat a day."

In what I'm sure is unrelated,  that was the last open mic night because the bar closed down a week later.

[GooooMarquette]

Let's be real though.

The only acceptable car stickers say "Marquette University," "Marquette Basketball," or "ND Sucks."

[warriorchick]

Heard a solid joke about these stickers at open mic night at a bar a few years back.

"Having a sticker that brags about how far you can run in a country with an obesity epidemic is like me going to a Third World country with a sticker that brags about how many calories I eat a day."

In what I'm sure is unrelated,  that was the last open mic night because the bar closed down a week later.

Unlike being born into a place where there is not enough food for everyone, the decision to train for and complete a long race is a choice.

[GGGG]

0.0

The whole 26.2 thing is kind of obnoxious, but at least it signifies an impressive accomplishment. 0.0 is obnoxious and says "look at me, I didn't do anything."

0.0 was funny when they first came out.

Now, not so much. 

[mu_hilltopper]

0.0 - Eat Arby's.

[GooooMarquette]

0.0 was funny when they first came out.

Now, not so much.

Fair enough. I'll admit I laughed the first time I saw one. Now I see more of them than the 26.2 stickers.

[Benny B]

0.0

The whole 26.2 thing is kind of obnoxious, but at least it signifies an impressive accomplishment. 0.0 is obnoxious and says "look at me, I didn't do anything."

26.2 is more pedestrian than impressive as an accomplishment.  Impressive is someone who can breastfeed their kid and still finish under 4 hours.  Impressive is someone a couple months removed from chemo winning a triathlon.  Impressive is someone who's never trained for a marathon finishing in the top half of all entrants.

Who said "everyone gets a trophy" is just for kids?

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0.0 - Eat Arby's.

[GooooMarquette]

26.2 is more pedestrian than impressive as an accomplishment.  Impressive is someone who can breastfeed their kid and still finish under 4 hours.  Impressive is someone a couple months removed from chemo winning a triathlon.  Impressive is someone who's never trained for a marathon finishing in the top half of all entrants.

Who said "everyone gets a trophy" is just for kids?

Just curious - have you ever finished a marathon (under the cutoff time)?

[warriorchick]

Just curious - have you ever finished a marathon (under the cutoff time)?

This.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Unlike being born into a place where there is not enough food for everyone, the decision to train for and complete a long race is a choice.

Yes,  I still thought it was pretty funny though

[Jay Bee]

I don't understand the 13.1. You're celebrating being weak is the idea??

[jsglow]

I don't understand the 13.1. You're celebrating being weak is the idea??

You ever done it?

[Benny B]

Just curious - have you ever finished a marathon (under the cutoff time)?

The condition of my C4-C5 essentially precludes me from any sustained high-impact activity.  But even if I overcame that and finished one under the cutoff at great risk to both physical and marital health, it still wouldn't be an impressive accomplishment, it'd just be another stupid accomplishment to add to an already comical list.

I can't think of anywhere in the realm of athletics where "personal best" is more ubiquitous than in distance running.  It's great to have (and beat) your own goals, and the feeling that you're accomplishing something can be great for the mind and the body.  But if you have to slap a sticker on your car to feel said sense of self-accomplishment, then you really didn't accomplish anything at all.

[Lennys Tap]

I can't think of anywhere in the realm of athletics where "personal best" is more ubiquitous than in distance running.  It's great to have (and beat) your own goals, and the feeling that you're accomplishing something can be great for the mind and the body.  But if you have to slap a sticker on your car to feel said sense of self-accomplishment, then you really didn't accomplish anything at all.

I took up running after more competitive sports (baseball, then softball, basketball, flag football) were in my rear view mirror. Ran my first 5k at 52, first marathon at 54 and qualified for Boston at 60 - all fun stuff for an aging "athlete" but I never got into the cult that surrounds running. To each his own, but for me a 26.0 sticker on a car is kind of sad.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

I took up running after more competitive sports (baseball, then softball, basketball, flag football) were in my rear view mirror. Ran my first 5k at 52, first marathon at 54 and qualified for Boston at 60 - all fun stuff for an aging "athlete" but I never got into the cult that surrounds running. To each his own, but for me a 26.0 sticker on a car is kind of sad.

26.0 is super sad. "I almost ran a marathon."

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Gotta finish that last .2, that's a waste.

[Lennys Tap]

26.0 is super sad. "I almost ran a marathon."

LOL. Good catch. The final .2 is killer!

[GGGG]

Man, people can be negative sometimes.  Just let people be proud of their accomplishments.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Man, people can be negative sometimes.  Just let people be proud of their accomplishments.

Aka sully has a 13.1 sticker on the back of his Subaru.

[GGGG]

Aka sully has a 13.1 sticker on the back of his Subaru.

I did run a half marathon once.  Hated the training so I doubt I will ever try for the full.  Never got the sticker though.