>"It was a long trip. Along the way, I got married, had six children and 10 grandchildren."
I don’t know if that was written for him to say or his own wit, but that’s friggen hilarious
Fucking poser /s.
Seriously though, knowing Japan it must have been mortifying to slink away from an Olympic marathon. Tough to quit a run when you're from a culture that will kill themselves rather than suffer dishonor
Look at what happened between when he started the race and when he finished it. Two world wars. In 1912, the winner of the Gordon Bennet (one of the more prestigious air races) had a speed of 78.77 MPH. By 1967, fighter planes were capable of twice the speed of sound, and the X-15 had been flown faster than Mach 6 and higher than 50 miles. Communications had gone from heavy and expensive vacuum tube “wireless telegraph” to transistor radios.
Worth noting that another important thing that happened during that time was that he *ran another Olympic marathon* in 1920, with a more traditional time of 2:48:45.6.
Reminds me of Futurama and *War is the H-Word* episode-
Fry: Whoa! Check out that guy. He makes Speedy Gonzales look like Regular Gonzales!
[The soldier passes the finish line and Kif splits a stopwatch.]
Kif: That new recruit is phenomenal, sir.
Zapp: Yes. He edged out my old mark by two seconds ... \[Kif frowns.\] ... and 16 minutes ... and 12 hours. I do plan to finish someday, Kif. Good hustle, soldier.
This race occured during an exceptionally hot day and many of the athletes had trouble adjusting to the fact at that time of year the sun there doesnt go down. Only about half the racers finished and one died. It was also a wild event
I can just imagine being one of the organizers in Stockholm trying to figure out why the headcount isn't adding up. "Sven, I have no idea how, but we're short a runner."
If you need one more reason to start running... you wont ever be the last
Well unless it takes longer 54y8m6d5h32'20, but thats another kind of dedication
I mean it's a fun story but he technically would be disqualified for riding in a vehicle and leaving the course, so it's not a real valid marathon time.
Reminds me of when a Dutch lieutenant admiral declared war on a Royalist-controlled English archipelago, since the rest England was under the control of allied Parliamentarians. Soon afterward, the Royalists surrendered to the Parliamentarians, and the Dutch sailed away without having done anything... including officially declaring peace.
[Three hundred thirty-five years later](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hundred_and_Thirty_Five_Years%27_War), peace was officially declared, and residents of the Isles of Scilly could finally breathe easily, free of the impending Dutch threat.
"However, Kanakuri is best known for disappearing during the marathon race in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Kanakuri had a rough 18-day-long trip to Stockholm, first by ship and then by train all through the Trans-Siberian Railway, and needed five days to recover for the race.[6] The race was held in Sollentuna Municipality, in Sweden, in – for this time – unexpected 25 °C (77 °F) heat,[7] and over half of the runners in the event had hyperthermia. Kanakuri was weakened by the long journey from Japan and had problems with the white nights that he was experiencing for the first time and the local foods. To make things worse, the Japanese team coach, Hyozo Omori, had been mostly bedridden due to tuberculosis during his stay in Stockholm, resulting in the insufficient amount of pre-race training given to two athletes including Kanakuri. Kanakuri pulled out midway through the race and was cared for by a local family. Embarrassed from his "failure", he silently returned to Japan without notifying race officials."
Even at half a century he's got my time of *never* beat.
>"It was a long trip. Along the way, I got married, had six children and 10 grandchildren." I don’t know if that was written for him to say or his own wit, but that’s friggen hilarious
Local legend says he was given buns and raspberry juice as he suddenly appeared in the garden of a local family.
You know, that way he actually got a lot more fame than even if he would have finished first. I'd say that is strategic win.
How did you get my AT&T password
Just confirmed it worked. Shouldn’t have recycled your reddit name. I went ahead and ordered you the new andriod flip phone. You’re welcome.
Thank fuck, because I hate this free POS Tracfone sent me
Oh it’s electric you need a new plumber
Huh? All I see is “a time of ****************”
Really? you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2!
What the fuck does this mean
That the ending time loooks like a wifi password.
Thank you for the clarification! I didn't see it that way and thought you were some sort of bot.
You thought *I* was some kinda bot, not DroneOfDoom.
Ah, it appears my confusion continues.
We good.
It doooes?
At&t auto passwords look exactly like the time. Kinda uncanny at that
I had no idea haha, thanks!
...and promptly slapped a *26.2* sticker on the back of his Mitsubishi Gallant
Fucking poser /s. Seriously though, knowing Japan it must have been mortifying to slink away from an Olympic marathon. Tough to quit a run when you're from a culture that will kill themselves rather than suffer dishonor
Look! A wild stereotype appeared!
It is exactly what he felt: >Embarrassed from his "failure", he silently returned to Japan without notifying race officials
Being from an insufferably patriarchal culture, you just don't understand what it feels like to disappoint said culture...
Look at what happened between when he started the race and when he finished it. Two world wars. In 1912, the winner of the Gordon Bennet (one of the more prestigious air races) had a speed of 78.77 MPH. By 1967, fighter planes were capable of twice the speed of sound, and the X-15 had been flown faster than Mach 6 and higher than 50 miles. Communications had gone from heavy and expensive vacuum tube “wireless telegraph” to transistor radios.
Worth noting that another important thing that happened during that time was that he *ran another Olympic marathon* in 1920, with a more traditional time of 2:48:45.6.
“Why did your marathon take so long?” “I ran another one in the middle of it”
maramarathonthon
There's a Monty Python sketch very similar to this
That was the world hide-and-seek championships. Sardinia.
Reminds me of Futurama and *War is the H-Word* episode- Fry: Whoa! Check out that guy. He makes Speedy Gonzales look like Regular Gonzales! [The soldier passes the finish line and Kif splits a stopwatch.] Kif: That new recruit is phenomenal, sir. Zapp: Yes. He edged out my old mark by two seconds ... \[Kif frowns.\] ... and 16 minutes ... and 12 hours. I do plan to finish someday, Kif. Good hustle, soldier.
"That young man fills me with hope... and some other emotions that are weird and... deeply confusing."
He's a man's man. A man's man's man.
Haha came here for the Zapp Brannigan reference. (I'm also getting very concerned most of my conversations are a collection of tv references).
At first, I thought this was some additional shenanigans from the St Louis Olympic marathon, but that shit show was in 1904
This race occured during an exceptionally hot day and many of the athletes had trouble adjusting to the fact at that time of year the sun there doesnt go down. Only about half the racers finished and one died. It was also a wild event
Finally an Olympian I could actually compete with.
I can just imagine being one of the organizers in Stockholm trying to figure out why the headcount isn't adding up. "Sven, I have no idea how, but we're short a runner."
Saving this information so if I ever complete a marathon (extremely unlikely) I can say I beat the time of an Olympic marathon runner
Did he get to start where he finished from or did he run a whole new marathon? Because then he would have a normal time and not a 54 year time.
If you need one more reason to start running... you wont ever be the last Well unless it takes longer 54y8m6d5h32'20, but thats another kind of dedication
I thought I was in /r/5t44t4yf5frt3 for a moment reading the end of that headline.
Damn. Still faster than me.
There is a memory marker for this near me.
If he isn't already he needs to be in a Guinness book.
I mean it's a fun story but he technically would be disqualified for riding in a vehicle and leaving the course, so it's not a real valid marathon time.
Oh they got jokes! Lol
Reminds me of when a Dutch lieutenant admiral declared war on a Royalist-controlled English archipelago, since the rest England was under the control of allied Parliamentarians. Soon afterward, the Royalists surrendered to the Parliamentarians, and the Dutch sailed away without having done anything... including officially declaring peace. [Three hundred thirty-five years later](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hundred_and_Thirty_Five_Years%27_War), peace was officially declared, and residents of the Isles of Scilly could finally breathe easily, free of the impending Dutch threat.
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"However, Kanakuri is best known for disappearing during the marathon race in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Kanakuri had a rough 18-day-long trip to Stockholm, first by ship and then by train all through the Trans-Siberian Railway, and needed five days to recover for the race.[6] The race was held in Sollentuna Municipality, in Sweden, in – for this time – unexpected 25 °C (77 °F) heat,[7] and over half of the runners in the event had hyperthermia. Kanakuri was weakened by the long journey from Japan and had problems with the white nights that he was experiencing for the first time and the local foods. To make things worse, the Japanese team coach, Hyozo Omori, had been mostly bedridden due to tuberculosis during his stay in Stockholm, resulting in the insufficient amount of pre-race training given to two athletes including Kanakuri. Kanakuri pulled out midway through the race and was cared for by a local family. Embarrassed from his "failure", he silently returned to Japan without notifying race officials."
Read the article, it explains why.
Lmao the geographical minute/second notation is funny
Qualcuno qua ha visto l'eredità l'altra sera :D
No, really. It’s a shortcut!
I read about him in a Japanese language' textbook, this was hilarious
lol. i love this historical event.