what in gods name is the deal with these 5k “marathons?” how many of these god damn things are there now? just a quick world wide web search for chicago 5ks brought back a zillion different events. the shamrock shuffle, the bucktown 5k, the elvis is alive 5k, the resolution run and on and on and on. lets call it what it is: “the get the office fellas together to go for a light jog, then have drinks at john barleycorn in our under armor gear, hit on the waitress and try and impress her with how athletic we are 5k” …i could get drunk, fuck a girl all night; never get off (because i am to drunk), and then wake up with no sleep and horrible morning wood and jog three miles. don’t call yourself a runner, a runner is some crazy asshole that runs from here to joliet and back three days a week. ill say, i don’t understand doing that kind of thing, but i respect it. so for you young professionals gearing up to run the next big 5k….fuck off.
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what a stupid article, try doing something productive. instead of sitting in your parents basement blogging how about you try leaving mom’s house and doing something worthwhile. loser. and this blog sucks ass anyways
im sure the writer of this blog is just upset that he has never participated in an athletic event in his life….dont worry man, some day youll get your credit for being able to type 200 words per minute!
how come when people are offended by something on our site, they always resort to making fun of us by saying we live in our parents basement? first of all, only scott lives in his parents basement. if it werent for losers like us, youd have to actually do work at your job. i bet you got a sweet job though huh? i bet you got good credit and drink blue moon on dollar beer nights. also, i believe that 3 writers for this blog are former college athletes. thats cool tho, you can go fuck yourself.
college athletes….looks like you guys hit your peak at 19…
this blog gets called the worst blog ever like 4 times a week, get original douchey.
5Ks are lame. You wanna raise money and have a good time? Try something original. Why not a staring contest? Or how bout a drinking contest? Why not try a gladiator style competition? If runnings your thing, why not just run a marathon? pussy
i know the byrd writer in real life and there are so many things wrong with this article and these comments. first off he probably couldnt run a block without puking, i suppose you could say he is sort of athletic but as i recall he was only marginal at best at anything athletic he did in high school, college, or after. i doubt he ever gets laid. (although i will concede that he probably does have problems with finishing) and he doesnt live in his parents basement, but as i recall he spent some time in a laundry room! get a life dorks.
you probably got railed by the senator and then left in the storm gutter, huh? i told him he has to stop doing that!
I honestly don’t get why everyone’s panties are in such a bunch. Someone explain to me what’s wrong with this article.
well outside of the blatant disregard for grammar, punctuation, et al. i find this blog to be very amusing.
it’s funny that these same people who are ripping on this 5k blog post by scott probably read this site on a semi regular basis and laugh at it but don’t comment. then a post like today’s comes up and it happens to offend them because they have run 5k’s in their lives so all of a sudden imgross.org has become widely offensive to the entire web community! Not until their buttons are pushed do they care about the content of the site. a month ago they were probably laughing at the 80 replies to the glamour magazine conver controversy. Now, since scott came at them for running 5k’s, they probably think there is nothing more offensive than that glamour post.
i say, keep blogging imgross!
there is no problem, its just funny clicken on an article about running, an activity that there is absolutly nothing wrong with at all, a harmless and productive activity, an activity that actually can help raise money or build awareness, and hafta listen to you morons make people feel self conscious about it for no reason….why would anyone write this article? whats the point? what are you trying to accomplish with it? i enjoy running and if you are going toa attack me for enjoying running in 5k’s why cant i attack back?
You can enjoy running all you want, but the whole point of this article is that running 5ks has become a trendy thing to do (and if you haven’t noticed, imgross.org likes to take shots at trendy things). You like to run, so run. But you’re not gonna convince me that 5k’s raise more money than other, more creative forms of fundraising would (or even just asking for donations). I’m all for fundraising and running, but the whole concept of a 5k run is pretty lame, and has become something it wasn’t intended to be. I’m not speaking for the senator, this is what i got from it.
No one is attacking you. It’s a simple article about how lame 5 K’s are and you take it as a personal dig! But you also have to know that by doing a 5K it doesn’t make you some lean mean athletic machine i mean running a marathon now that deserves praise a 5K not so much! I personally know Senator Robert Byrd and he is probably in way better athletic shape then you could ever be and you are probably sitting at a desk in your stupid shirt and tie thinking of what you are going to have for lunch while reading imgross.org if this blog sucks so bad why are you still responding?? Personally attacking people because you feel self conscious about running 5Ks now is really not necessary whether they live in their parents basement or not.
5ks are for soccer moms and overweight dads. “I ran a 5k this weekend, what did you do?” Well woopty shit, you ran 3 miles. Granted, 5ks are great for charitys (see Susan G Komen Race for the cure), but running 5ks alone does not allow you call yourself a “runner”. A runner is an almost psychotic individual thats runs a crap-ton each week and has races, not 5k jogs, but 10 milers, half marathons, and marathons. I run marathons all the time. There is a reason there are more 5ks then marathons, because they are easy and convenient. Running for a good cause is great, but can there really be 3 different good causes on one Sunday morning at 8am…give me a friggin break.
5ks honestly don’t raise that much money either. You have to pay for the shirts, medals, pay the city a fee, pay for security, food, water, etc. In order to run the Boston Marathon as a non-qualifier, you must raise over $2,500….I’d rather do that than pay 20 bucks for a crappy cotton shirt,which will make my nipples chafe when I run, and a brown banana.
bryan u awakened the imgross.org loser brigade!
Many of these comments are gross.
seriously they are all probably just waking up from thier late night jobs at blockbuster.
There’s nothing wrong with working at blockbuster…..snob.
I would like to know how you feel about 5K walks? Better? Worse than the 5K Run?
you fucking sicken me real society AND online society.
what’s going on? i just got back from running a 10k in tucson.
LOL. blockbuster.
the concept of running a 5k is comparable to the concept of prius ownership. the underlying concept is good and noble? but then there are those douchebags that run their mouths about how they wish more people were “environmentally conscious” like them.
not all who drive priuses (priusii? priii?) love the smell of their own farts (south park.) there are some people that own a prius because they actually DO care about the environment, they like the gas savings or, goddammit, they’re just so goddamn cute.
on the same social plane, some people like to run 5ks because; it’s for a good cause, it’s fun, you get to go out drinking afterwards, you see friends and family, you can court members of the opposite sex, i could go on. fuck, i love to race and do it often (even though i usually end up hurting myself) but i don’t think i’m this amazing athletic specimen.
some people do. and those fuckers ruin it for the cool kids.
on a side note, your grammar and spelling does need to be improved upon. you should add a copy editor to your team of fact checking interns.
much love,
ashley
Brian your name is stupid with a Y, I refuse to spell it in that hippie manner. I’m sorry your parents messed you up so bad man. I play real sports not trying to be the best at exercising
spelling and grammar is for shitheads who run 5ks
livestrong bracelets are for shitheads who run 5ks. spelling and grammar is for people over 13.
make sure you color inside the lines for the rest of your life or teacher won’t give you a gold star
you know, that’s the same kind of justification employed by advocates for ebonics.
and i love gold stars. fuck off.
my legs hurt
HOW DARE YOU SENATOR!!!!! F U!!!!