[jlaurend]

At the risk of coming off as pedantic, Olympic marathoners DO run 5 min mile marathons very regularly (the world record is at around 4:41 pace currently). That said, I fully agree with the comparison of startups/businesses to marathon running. As someone who does both, the parallels are really interesting.

The hardest part of running a marathon is training -- hitting mileage goals, pushing yourself during workouts, prioritizing running above social outings, staying injury-free, and staying healthy. Not to mention the occasional psychological hurdle and hormonal changes. It really lines up quite well with the startup experience...

[ice109]

Even as someone who is vaguely interested in ...athletics... it never occurred to me look at marathon records. I'm utterly flabbergasted to find out that that is in fact true, that the record is sub 5 minute miles, let alone 4:40.