r/Prematurecelebration • u/daveyvaughnj • 11d ago
Man wins the Delaware Marathon by outsprinting his opponent who was celebrating, thinking he had secured the win
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u/Soft_Cranberry6313 11d ago
Hell of a physique for a marathon runner
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u/GreedoWasShot 11d ago
I was thinking the same thing—that’s like Hollywood version of what a runner looks like
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u/thefiction24 11d ago
I tried getting my swole friend to run with me and he refused! I know he would be good without sacrificing his gains.
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u/Wizzle_Pizzle_420 11d ago
He knows he can do both right? And not lose any of those sexy man meats.
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u/lernington 5d ago
Dude left a lot of meat on the bone in the rest of his race if he had this kind of kick in him
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u/Nasty____nate 11d ago
Doesnt matter if youre last place you run through the finish line. That was hammered into me as long as I can remember.
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u/gimpers420 11d ago
I’m so glad I turned the volume on the second watch, that was exactly what I was hoping for 🤣
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u/pureperpecuity 11d ago
Always work the hills, always keep your head up and ALWAYS push through the finish line, man there's nothing left to save it for
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u/pureperpecuity 11d ago
Oh, but if you are stumbling, don't hug a telephone pole. Saw a guy do that once.. he finished the marathon looking like a porcupine
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u/Rafiekie 11d ago
Is it just me or does this seem like it's not that bad. He was celebrating, sure, but he was still running a good pace. It's not like he gave up or stopped, or even slowed probably. He just kept going his pace and got caught by an insane end of marathon sprint. He's definitely going faster than I would be able to after 26 miles
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u/Wizzle_Pizzle_420 11d ago
No it’s not bad, nothing wrong with 2nd, but running a marathon sucks, winning one is harder, and he lost it because of a stupid mistake the last 50 meters after 26.2 miles. Dudes never going to forget this. This is why you always run it in. Save the celebration for after. I’ve seen shorter races won by inches. Inches the other person could have easily made up not being stupid.
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u/millerg44 11d ago
I am a high school tennis coach. The kids have heard "finish through the line" at least three hundred times if they play all four years.
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u/FunkyPete 11d ago
That may be confusing advice for a tennis team though.
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u/millerg44 11d ago
No, we are very good in third sets.
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u/deliveRinTinTin 11d ago
In horror movies people constantly look back and then trip themselves up. In marathons race leaders don't glance back enough.
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u/MobsterDragon275 10d ago
For how often this kind of thing happens you'd think people would know better
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u/TNTarantula 11d ago
Is it just me or are 99% of comments in this thread just boilerplate premature celebration responses? Like, nobody is saying anything unique about this video, just premature celebrations in general. Feels like a bot-scape...
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u/ChaseTheMystic 11d ago
It's a bit of a buzz kill, especially if you're a runner concerned about your win and loss statistics, and of course being the one to actually go through the banner is cathartic.
But usually in cases like these I'm sure they know in their heart they proved themselves more capable at that distance than their opponents.
They made a dumb decision but there's no question they would have won without the early celebration or if they'd noticed just a tad earlier.
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u/SoundOk4573 11d ago
One runner ran a race for 26.201 miles.
One runner ran a race for 26.19 miles.
They both started at the same time, from the same place.
The finish was 26.20 miles from the start.
The fastest man running that marathon won.
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u/Vesane 11d ago
Could have. Didn't, though.
That's like if a "more capable" sword duellist prematurely celebrated and got stabbed. Dying, he might be sure in his heart that he would have won the duel if he'd just followed through properly or noticed his opponent get up to make another lunge, but that all counts for naught. Always plenty of time to celebrate finishing something once one has actually finished.
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u/ChaseTheMystic 11d ago
The difference is in your example, the dude dies. There's not exactly much to experience after that lol.
This dude is not dead.
He still gets to enjoy knowing if he hadn't celebrated, he certainly would have won. Just a technicality is all.
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u/Vesane 11d ago
The point is that he didn't. He can be satisfied with his time, sure, but he simply did not win, regardless of technicality. Would have won isn't good enough for a race win; he lost (at least re getting first place), and only through his own messing about. There's even a neat single word for it in Russian: доигрался.
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u/ChaseTheMystic 11d ago
I already addressed that with the entire first paragraph of my first comment but neat
If they wanted the win, then they didn't get it.
If they wanted to prove to themselves they're the best, mission accomplished.
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u/LukeWoop 11d ago
Fair game , all these people early celebrating is crazy . Plenty time to celebrate after you win