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Crawling there New York marathon for 1,000,000$ Bad idea?

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You be there judge. Tell me what you think. 

(FYI moderators, this no website promotion. I`m only interested in the debate. Please delete ny recent post that was moved) 
 
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Start swimming, NY marathon starts on Staten Island. 
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Moderator: Please delete all posts from marathoncrawler. Thanks.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by TheGoldenGoose:


Start swimming, NY marathon starts on Staten Island. 


What? Am I Rob Konrad know? I'm here to crawl, not swim
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Skipbone:

Moderator: Please delete all posts from marathoncrawler. Thanks.


Thank you for the very interesting feedback Skipbone. May I ask why?
 
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Get off the drugs and get a job. 
 
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If everybody gets a job, who's going to do all the drugs???


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Quote Originally Posted by I_Need_A_Detox:

Get off the drugs and get a job. 

Drug free and dedicated. So I guess, your opinion is this is a bad idea?

 
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drop some acid and then crawl it, what a treat
 
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Quote Originally Posted by BigWilly:

drop some acid and then crawl it, what a treat

I know I asked for your thoughts and advice....but jezz...didn't expect a drug thread. Is it possible to get back on track?

Was wondering if anyone think it's possible to raise 1,000,000$ to crawl the New York marathon?

 
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I admire your passion and it is for a good cause but would you have a time limit or would it not matter if it took you a week to do it? etc

 

 
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u seem like a rioter...

rioters in oakland got a 1.3 mil settlement with the city... lol PAID!

paid to riot!
 
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Quote Originally Posted by marathoncrawler:

Drug free and dedicated. So I guess, your opinion is this is a bad idea?


Would you wear knee pads? I need to know more about the details. 

 
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Quote Originally Posted by SwishSwish1234:

I admire your passion and it is for a good cause but would you have a time limit or would it not matter if it took you a week to do it? etc

 


Thanks for your questions. I will of course do the crawl in one go (not splitt it up over many days) I'll finish when I finish...might take me 24 hours or 40 hours....so whatever time frame a marathon organizer has set will not have any effect. If they won't let me crawl for more than ex.7 hours, then I'll crawl the same route on a different date wearing one of those goprocams just to document it.


About the money: Honestly, I have not really given it this much thought. I have had more focus on the project itself...is it possible and how to do it. So giving away maybe 50% to charity is something I would consider. Doing stuff for charity is great...but I wouldn't put crawling a marathon as a charity fundraiser. I rather sell some cookies etc. I'm not crawling for free, that's for sure.

Again, thanks for your questions
 
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Quote Originally Posted by I_Need_A_Detox:


Would you wear knee pads? I need to know more about the details. 


I`m not crawling wearing those thin volleyball knee pads, that`s for sure. I guess I`ll wear some special modified gloves and knee protection. A lightweight Iron Man suit might do the trick :-)

We`ll cross that bridge when we get there. In the mean time, I`m wondering if anyone think this could be done?
 
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why would anyone pay you to crawl all over new york? wtf
 
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Quote Originally Posted by I_Need_A_Detox:

Get off the drugs and get a job. 

Many people consume drugs on a regular basis and you would never know it by the threads they create.  People drink, smoke weed, do coke, and they are still very intelligent people.  Now of course some people of lower IQ also consume drugs.  The point is, you shouldn't associate drug use with lower IQ, or posts on Covers that make no sense.  

In fact, I think everyone I know consumes at least one drug on a regular basis whether it's alcohol, tobacco, coffee, weed, prescription drugs, or OTC drugs.

And yes, I realize I'm probably not telling anything you don't already know.

 
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Quote Originally Posted by I_Need_A_Detox:

Get off the drugs and get a job. 


The irony is strong.
 
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I'm much more interested in how/why you think you would raise $1M. People pushed a piano up Pike's Peak, which is marathon distance, and probably 100x harder than what you're contemplating.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by RonnyTuriaf16:

why would anyone pay you to crawl all over new york? wtf
 
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Quote Originally Posted by RonnyTuriaf16:

why would anyone pay you to crawl all over new york? wtf


Because everyone tells you not to. You gonna let anyone else tell you what to do? It's a bet...that's why
 
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Quote Originally Posted by esplanade:

I'm much more interested in how/why you think you would raise $1M. People pushed a piano up Pike's Peak, which is marathon distance, and probably 100x harder than what you're contemplating.


As an individual challenge I would say it's harder to crawl a Marathon distance than push a piano together with many others.

How I'm looking to raise 1,000,000$? Well, I was kinda hoping for some advice/ideas from the forum users. I'm looking to raise 20$ from 50,000 internet users. I have a website up and running from jan 2015 and also a gofundme account.

"why you think you would raise $1M": It all comes down to a bet some years back. I made a bold statement that if anyone was to give med 1,000,000$, then i would crawl the New York Marathon.

Now the bet has turned into a project. Is it possible??


 
 
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"About the money: Honestly, I have not really given it this much thought. I have had more focus on the project itself...is it possible and how to do it. So giving away maybe 50% to charity is something I would consider. Doing stuff for charity is great...but I wouldn't put crawling a marathon as a charity fundraiser. I rather sell some cookies etc. I'm not crawling for free, that's for sure."

Haven't thought much about it?  
You said this was a bet... I suspect you are thinking about it 24 hours a day since you have a supposed website begging for money to do it.

These types of things are a colossal waste of money for anyone who contributes. Would rather see someone doing kind things for others than doing stupid things for self profit 
 
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I'd rather flush my money down the toilet than give it to some schizo on the internet 
 
 
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i'll give you $1k--but only if you have your dom drag you by a leash and you're wearing only a diaper.
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