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Chinese marathon runner disqualified for chain-smoking through entire race (torontosun.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] rustydomino 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean at some level that’s kind of bad ass. Annoying to other runners around him, sure, but bad ass nonetheless.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I worked with a guy in the 1990s who smoked like a chimney and was a serious cyclist. He did the "Ride across Saskatchewan" a few times, placing quite well while smoking a pack of cigarettes along the way. Madness and he said half the fun was how much it pissed everyone off to get passed by someone sucking on a cigarette.