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25-year-old South Korean Running Influencer Dies After Collapsing Near Seoul Half Marathon Finish (sports.yahoo.com)
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[–] 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

The article mentions she previously won an amateur marathon event. She likely over-extended herself due to being competitive in nature. We assume as there’s no cause of death yet. Which checks out with someone who consistently ran for two hours a day alongside her lab work. She seems like a particularly committed and focused individual. A lot of long distance runners are lean. Would be curious to see if you’d comment on the appearance and motivations of this individual if they were male.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    What does her gender have to do with anything?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    She doesn't look like a healthy runner to me. She looks like a twig of a, "popular" person.

    Would be curious to see if you’d comment on the appearance and motivations of this individual if they were male.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Any gender can be a twig

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  • [+] -12 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Are you accusing that person of beliefs that I hold? You are merely proving how pathetic your ability is to identify anything that doesn't agree with you... you are a pathetic worm unable to understand the world in which you wriggle your ignorance about...

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  • [+] -30 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

    lol no. My commentary wasn't on her being lean. It was on her being obviously incapable of finishing a marathon.

    The fact you clowns pretend a marathon isn't a great human feat tells me you all are disconnected fucking clowns, not fans of human accomplishment.

    There's a FUCKING REASON "marathons" have become a thing throughout THOUSANDS OF YEARS of history... yet you're still too dumb to acknowledge it.

    I don't care to diminish her accomplishments, but human performance has been a LONG ESTABLISHED category of what humans are capable of...

    The fact you are too stupid to understand even the reality in which you exist is not my problem. You all are genuinely lost to the wind.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    She started running in 2022 and gained a large following by sharing online how she balanced lab work and training.

    Her rise to fame happened rather quickly for an amateur runner. She improved her best over 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) to about 36½ minutes and clocked 1 hour, 22 minutes, 1 second at the New Balance Half Marathon in March. On April 5, she won the women's amateur division over 10 kilometers at the Gunsan Saemangeum Marathon.

    In a March interview with YouTube, Yoo said she arrives at the lab at 9 a.m. every day and runs for about two hours starting at 8 p.m., adding that she has been actively chasing personal records since the previous summer.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    Woo boy, that’s a lot of insults and personal attacks in response to some mild criticism.

    My commentary wasn't on her being lean. It was on her being obviously incapable of finishing a marathon.

    My implications was that your commentary was based on her being a woman and having a social media presence (influencer) while ignoring that she had won marathons previously and obviously has trained a lot for them. You commented that she didn’t look healthy and like a twig, aka lean. While asserting she competed (and subsequently passed away) at the behest of “randoms online”. As I already pointed out, she’s won said marathons before. Your above quote also contradicts:

    I don't care to diminish her accomplishments

    Anyway, given your unhinged response it probably isn’t worth continuing to discuss with you.

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