Running a marathon is a challenging endeavor, even for the best runners in the world. It’s a 26.2-mile run, so, in addition to requiring great conditioning, it also demands great focus. It would be hard to imagine anyone doing anything else while running a marathon.
Hard, but not impossible.
One man decided to combine two sports. While running a marathon, he dribbled a basketball.
Bro ran a marathon while dribbling a basketball 🤯 (via persources/IG) pic.twitter.com/FlRaDS55Py
— Overtime (@overtime) April 26, 2023
We recently saw a runner “complete” a marathon while driving a car for much of it. And while not as impressive as smoking a cigarette while running a marathon, it’s far less destructive.
Basketball fans were impressed by simultaneous the dual-sport athlete.
I did that while tweeting bangers on Twitter we aren’t the same
— Honest Westbrook Fan (@Honest_LakerFan) April 26, 2023
That’s mighty impressive!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
— DTLF (@DantheLakersFAN) April 26, 2023
When Ball is Life.
— DICK’S Sporting Goods (@DICKS) April 26, 2023
Tough https://t.co/fWsLrTiKWG
— Justice The Genius Child (@YoANerd) April 26, 2023
There are some potential advantages to be had here.
One is that it’s a good way to pace yourself, which is quite important on a 26.2-mile run. Two is that it does allow you to focus on something other than the pain accumulating through the body. And anyone who’s ever run a marathon or even just seen a runner at the end of one knows, that’s immense.
That said, when running a marathon normally, one of the body parts that gets a comparatively little amount of pain is the arms. That goes out the window here.
[Overtime]
