A Chinese man recently ran a 3.5 hour marathon, which is faster than most people. He’s 50 years old, making it even more impressive. And he ran the whole thing while chain smoking cigarettes. This wasn’t some fluke either. Uncle Chen, as people call him, has been running marathons all over the place, racking up fast times, and lighting up the whole time. He averages 8 minute miles. It’s not world record setting, but he does it for over 26 miles straight while inhaling smoke! Other runners have complained because they feel it is harmful. And to be honest, I’m surprised that officials haven’t asked him not to smoke. However, there probably aren’t any rules against it because who in their right mind would run a marathon while smoking? Crazy Uncle Chen, that’s who. Sounds like he should have his own sit com where he continually gets into silly situations because he’s smoking where normal people don’t, like in an elevator or working inside a costume as a Disney cartoon character. I’d watch that.
I often see people riding their bikes while smoking. But they aren’t the “riding to be healthy” kind of cyclists. They often look more like the “my parole officer is making me go to work and I don’t have a car” type of bicycle riders.
CLICK HERE to see pictures of Uncle Chen running marathons and lighting up while doing it.