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[El Presidente]

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At the starting line we all light up a Partagas Lusitania 

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Chinese Man Smokes Competition In Marathon, Inhales Darts The Entire Race

Taking lung busting to a whole new level...

15 November 2022 by Daniel Cringean

 

 

 A 50-year-old Chinese man, who goes by the name ‘Uncle Chen’, has gone viral after he ran the Xin’anjiang marathon in three hours 28 minute all whilst chain-smoking a full packet of cigarettes.

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Running a marathon is not easy, let alone if you’re filling your lungs up with smoke. But this new technique – one which we do not recommend you try – is something that doesn’t seem to stop Uncle Chen.  

His three hour 28-minute finishing time is roughly one hour faster than the average 50-year-old male can normally finish the 26-mile run; according to livestrong.com, the average marathon time for a 50-year-old man is around four hours and 19 minutes.

This time put him in 574^th place out of a total of nearly 1500 runners. Very impressive given his ciggie consumption.

But this is not the first time the “the new Marlboro man” (as one social media user put it) has been snapped running with his signature pack of durries. ‘Uncle Chen’ was also photographed running the 2018  Guangzhou Marathon and 2019 Xiamen Marathon lighting one up.

Sucking them in…

Both marathons he recorded insanely quick times, clocking a 3:36 in 2018 and a 3:32 in 2019.

He is also an ultra-marathon runner, having run distances over 50km all while puffing on a smoke.

According to some sources, Uncle Chen is not even a regular smoker, saving his darts for when it really matters on race day.

However, there are some that are critical of Uncle Chen’s technique. On the original post on Weibo one user commented, “Whoever is next to him is unlucky.”

 

 

[jakebarnes]

I mean, if this takes off, we can also make it a duathlon and have a nice smoke and wine break on the bike leg like the Tour de France races of old. 

[El Presidente]

 Lusitanias would be handed out to all contestants, and they would have to be lit just before the starting gun fired and kept lit throughout the race. You have 5 relights throughout the race before disqualification!

You can visualise pre-race warm up.  Javi in his spandex working out which Tom Ford fragrance to spray, Fuzz trying to convince the officials that he is over the minimum height to race, Dansky in a 1920’s racing onesy, Florida Dan lodging a pre-run protest that the race was rigged, Ken calling for a defibrillator after walking to the line from the pie stand. 😊

[Chas.Alpha]

I'll bring my own DC, the Lusi's taste like licorice... 😳

[Hypersomniac]

That man is a true champion.

[El Hoze]

I’ve done a bunch of endursnce races. I ran the NY marathon one time and a bunch of guys had somehow gotten a keg of beer into the area on Staten Island where everyone waits for the start. These guys were full-on partying. Pretty hilarious. 

[ha_banos]

He smokes cigarettes. Such a loser.

[Fuzz]

Nicotine is a stimulant, delaying the effects of fatigue. So Uncle Chen may have the right idea. Of course, chewing nicotine gum would probably have the same effect.

[cigaraholic]

I’m going to need 3 or 4 Lucy’s for a half marathon🌈