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

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Quote Originally Posted by marathoncrawler:



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??


 


This has Nigerian 411 scam written all over it.
 
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Going to disagree....walking the Pike's Peak marathon is more difficult than crawling the NYM. You know that whole uphill thing and that other altitude thingy.

That's even before the piano comes into play.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by esplanade:

Going to disagree....walking the Pike's Peak marathon is more difficult than crawling the NYM. You know that whole uphill thing and that other altitude thingy.

That's even before the piano comes into play.


They only went from Glen Cove summit to the peak. It took 2 hours and 29 minutes. 

It must be terrible to always be wrong. 
 
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IMPORTANT UPDATE

I know alot of you have made comments like this will never work, why are we gonna give you money? And so on. The money issue is not something I'm concerned about, I'm more interested and curious about the idea of getting 50,000 internet user to come together for a common cause. 

Many of you have given me great advice to make this work, and the major majority keep bringing up charity as a vital part to make this project succeed. Therefor I'm making it a part of the project...I'll donate 500,000$ to a charity if we get to the 1,000,000$

I think this will make it a easier "sell". What are your thoughts about this?
 
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They only went from Glen Cove summit to the peak. It took 2 hours and 29 minutes. 

It must be terrible to always be wrong. 

They??? I tell ya esplanasde, if it was one dude pushing the piano for 2,5 hours in that environment...then I would agree with you.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by smarterthanyou:

i'll give you $1k--but only if you have your dom drag you by a leash and you're wearing only a diaper.

Real nice. I wish I had three arms, so I could give that comment 3 thumbs down.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by marathoncrawler:

IMPORTANT UPDATE

I know alot of you have made comments like this will never work, why are we gonna give you money? And so on. The money issue is not something I'm concerned about, I'm more interested and curious about the idea of getting 50,000 internet user to come together for a common cause. 

Many of you have given me great advice to make this work, and the major majority keep bringing up charity as a vital part to make this project succeed. Therefor I'm making it a part of the project...I'll donate 500,000$ to a charity if we get to the 1,000,000$

I think this will make it a easier "sell". What are your thoughts about this?

I think it's an excellent idea. I think you should make a youtube video of yourself practicing during rush hour in NYC. You need to make a "trailer" of some sort to sell yourself. 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by I_Need_A_Detox:



They only went from Glen Cove summit to the peak. It took 2 hours and 29 minutes. 

It must be terrible to always be wrong. 


And yet you keep doing drugs!!


 
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Quote Originally Posted by marathoncrawler:


They??? I tell ya esplanasde, if it was one dude pushing the piano for 2,5 hours in that environment...then I would agree with you.


This comment alone shows what trouble you're in. But it doesn't even matter, running the PPM is tougher than what you want to do, hell walking it would be harder. And you'll learn soon enough that when you have "Need to detox" on your side, you've lost.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by esplanade:



This comment alone shows what trouble you're in. But it doesn't even matter, running the PPM is tougher than what you want to do, hell walking it would be harder. And you'll learn soon enough that when you have "Need to detox" on your side, you've lost.

How could you possibly think crawling the NYC marathon is a bad idea? 

 
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Start and finish, by crawling back under your rock.  
 
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Quote Originally Posted by I_Need_A_Detox:


I think it's an excellent idea. I think you should make a youtube video of yourself practicing during rush hour in NYC. You need to make a "trailer" of some sort to sell yourself. 


That's not a bad idea. I know my friend made a mobile video of my stupid statement of crawling the marathon. We were at the bar, and he wanted to document it. So he made me make the statement on film. Should do something with that. Definitely going on the website.

Thanks Detox
 
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unless you are giving 100% to a charity you will not get a dime. Why would people pay for something like this unless it is for a good cause?

So unless you plan on doing it for that, don't expect even a buck
 
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Get off the drugs son 
 
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This will be my final post. Like to thank everyone for joining in on the discussion. It's been fun.

I'll leave you with a final note:

"People will pay peolpe to do stupid stuff"

www.marathoncrawler.com
 
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Quote Originally Posted by marathoncrawler:

This will be my final post. Like to thank everyone for joining in on the discussion. It's been fun.

I'll leave you with a final note:

"People will pay peolpe to do stupid stuff"

www.marathoncrawler.com


Those people who get paid to do the stupid stuff are called " hookers ".
 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by mbialowas:

Get off the drugs son 

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