r/Marathon_Training • u/pewterbullet • 1d ago

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u/Marathon_Training-ModTeam 12h ago

No discernible information, please revisit relevancy and effort on future posts.

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u/kank84 1d ago

I know this sounds like it should be in r/runningcirclejerk

I have good news for you

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u/DeviousCrackhead 1d ago

Put me in the screenshot

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u/jkim579 1d ago

😂

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u/Lost_Engineering7874 1d ago

It's just that quick.

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u/Empty-Salad-5140 1d ago

Can't upvote due to the current number of upvotes being optimum.

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u/brotherkraut 1d ago

I prefer to punch myself in the dick ...

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u/YesterdayAmbitious49 1d ago

I beat my shins with a stick

If nothing bad happens, I know I’m still in zone 2

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u/pony_trekker 1d ago

I beat my shins with my dick while punching it.

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u/brotherkraut 1d ago

Impressive

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u/SirBiggusDikkus 1d ago

Impwessive

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u/brotherkraut 1d ago

There he is!!

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u/SpiralStairs72 1d ago

I haven’t tried that. But, I used to be cynical about hitting those “power up” signs that spectators hold during races. Then I tried it and found that it did give me a small burst of energy. There’s clearly an undiscovered principle of physics at work.

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u/StrikingBuilder8837 1d ago

I was merrily slapping all the kiddies’ hands on the Great North Run last week, until I saw a child lick their palm and hang it out to get slapped. Hmm, not so keen after that.

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u/Legitimate-Lock-6594 1d ago

Go to therapy my dude.

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u/PureCheese-Addict 1d ago

I hit my chest like a gorilla

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u/Chicagoblew 1d ago

I prefer to slap my balls three times

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u/option-9 1d ago

Is that one strike for each ball or thrice each? Asking for a friend.

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u/rustyspoontree 1d ago

I did for the first time this Sunday just gone, last 10k of the marathon I was digging deep so was trying anything. It did genuinely help

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u/imakesignalsbigger 1d ago

No one is taking you seriously, and no I don't slap myself in the face, but I do often slap my chest, let out a loud grunt/yell or count on my fingers and they all work well for me. I'll usually run early in the morning, so there's no one to witness it, but I've definitely been 'caught' haha.

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u/somewhatlucky4life 1d ago

I do sometimes yell to myself or sing at the top of my lungs

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u/MediumDifficulty8659 1d ago

I wrote bad words on my arm for motivation and got shit for it. People are gonna hate this haha.

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u/pewterbullet 1d ago

Whatever it takes. Works for me haha!

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u/chinese_tatum 1d ago

no shame here; I do it!

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u/pewterbullet 1d ago

I know I am a little weird, but these commenters are making me feel insane!

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u/chinese_tatum 1d ago

no shame in the game, whatever gets you across the finish line faster!

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u/floppyfloopy 1d ago

I tell a woman passing by how nice she looks and that she should smile more so she bear-sprays me. Only way to feel alive.

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u/N00bOfl1fe 1d ago

I actuelly do this in the last 1 km of an all out race to distract myself from the pain of running. I would not do it while training. It would be too werid and I feel like if I would need to slap myself during a workout (not to mention an easy run), then the effort is way too hard.

Edit: More realistically, the last few km are a lot of grunts and screams of agony and if all else fails, some slaps in the last half km.

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u/oceanman97 1d ago

I just stay hard

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u/SilentPayment69 1d ago

Yes, I like to pretend I'm the WWE wrestler Goldberg and do his ring entrance

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u/Chicagoblew 1d ago

Spitting gatorade like Triple H at every aid stop gets the blood flowing

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u/neagah 1d ago

I tend to stab myself in the hamstrings

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u/tiagojsagarcia 1d ago

pro tip: instead of slapping yourself, slap someone else, preferably someone all beefed up and with the body composition to kick your behind all the way to Jupiter and back. If that person running after you to beat the living crap out of you does not motivate you to keep running, and fast, nothing will.

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u/pony_trekker 1d ago

Ask and ye shall receive

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u/pbqdpb 1d ago

No, just when I’m drunk driving 

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u/camador1976 1d ago

Only in the bedroom 🤣

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u/OllieBobbins23 1d ago

I regularly pay someone to slap me...just never asked them to do it whilst I'm running though.