Odinson Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 But he still failed the challenge. The second ridiculous challenge he attempted. Both his Everest and half marathon attempts were impressive, but way off his targets. Targets announced very arrogantly and with fanfare galore. Should we pat his head? And so what if he did. How many people set targets and come up short? Do we rip all of them a new one? The only difference here is that Vanzweel makes his targets a very public effort and shoots really high.
Pure Savage Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 I doubt that these folks were running those times on this kind of mileage: Capture.PNG I'm not defending this guy, but folks on here are making a mountain of a molehill. It was a challenge a friend set him, he v/blogged about it and gave it a damn good effort. That's it. I'm sure that most of the okes railing on the hub have yet to run a 1:30 half. Needs to up those numbers!
Stretch Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 The okes a good athlete... But he should be.. He's young.... Still rubs me the wrong way
Pure Savage Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 The okes a good athlete... But he should be.. He's young.... Still rubs me the wrong wayRegardless of age, hope no okes rub you any way
Odinson Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 Regardless of age, hope no okes rub you any way Homophobe
Mudsimus Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 And so what if he did. How many people set targets and come up short? Do we rip all of them a new one? The only difference here is that Vanzweel makes his targets a very public effort and shoots really high.Well Im running a 2h45 marathon in 3 months. And fu*cks, sh*ts and carrots.
Odinson Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 Well Im running a 2h45 marathon in 3 months. And fu*cks, sh*ts and carrots. Good luck, then. I hope you smash it.
eddy Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 And so what if he did. How many people set targets and come up short? Do we rip all of them a new one? The only difference here is that Vanzweel makes his targets a very public effort and shoots really high. Here, from the Freedom Challenge thread, is a different way to look at setting high goals. The big difference is that when everything goes against him, MD just gets on with it and completes what he started: It sounds like he got food poisoning, curled up at the side of the road, passed out when he tried to get up and make his bike visible to other riders and hit his head on something, and had some unexpected 'sleep' time... A good night's kip, some farmers-wife TLC and he is on the move again now. With a healthy lead and the easiest part of the FC to do (his words), but now with a goal just to finish. I think he has forgotten he still has about a month's lead over second place... Toughest human I know.
Rocket-Boy Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 Urgh I had to watch some of the video to see if I was right...When he first started with the half marathon in 75mins story I said he wouldnt be able to handle the different muscles and impact associated with running unless he put in the time to get used to it.Turns out I was right.
Vetplant Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 Urgh I had to watch some of the video to see if I was right...When he first started with the half marathon in 75mins story I said he wouldnt be able to handle the different muscles and impact associated with running unless he put in the time to get used to it.Turns out I was right.Give us the executive summary, his knees are heavily damaged, right?
dave303e Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 He did complain about really hurting like his joint and ligaments
dave303e Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 Here, from the Freedom Challenge thread, is a different way to look at setting high goals. The big difference is that when everything goes against him, MD just gets on with it and completes what he started: Next challenge could be a sub 9 hour non stop dusi for van fail? If we look at FC then we can see that 2 of the top three on the road currently- were on the podium at Dusi in 2006...
eddy Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 Give us the executive summary, Ek kannie die pas vat nie Korporaal......
Rocket-Boy Posted July 5, 2019 Posted July 5, 2019 Give us the executive summary, his knees are heavily damaged, right?I would have expected shin splints and knees filled with sadness, which might still come.For now he was saying ligaments and muscles were giving issues and he couldnt push as hard as he wanted to.Running is an impact sport which is something so many people dont get!
Duane_Bosch Posted July 5, 2019 Posted July 5, 2019 I'm sure that most of the okes railing on the hub have yet to run a 1:30 half. The difference is most okes on here don't publicly belittle a massive physical challenge (Everesting is easy with the right gearing) and then fail CATASTROPHICALLY to get anywhere near said challenge. And then brush it off lightly and move on to the next belittling and catastrophic failure.
Duane_Bosch Posted July 5, 2019 Posted July 5, 2019 I've got a mate who recently tried surfing. He did really well standing in his first session at muizenberg. He then said he wanted to be surfing dungeons within 2 years. I almost collapsed from laughter.
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