The "achievements" of fathletes So Buzzfat released yet another article on some whales pretending to be athletes, talking about how much they love fitness and can run/bike these incredible distances. One of the fathletes that was interviewed was Mirna Valerio, an "ultrarunner" who I recognized from a massive (pun intended) body positive article that invaded the Runner's World website (amongst other articles preaching the necessity of maintaining a low body weight to be a safe and healthy runner, I might add). I found it odd that these article NEVER mention times when it's a fathlete running, so I decided I needed to see just how fast they were running these races. Holy shit. It was worse than I even imagined. Nothing faster than 11min/mile (and that was for a 5K), most are in the upper teens, and there are even some >20min/miles. And these are just averages, which makes me wonder if she's actually that slow or decided to stop and eat a meal during the race. These people deserve no recognition for essentially walking these distances and clinging onto the title that they're an "ultramarathoner". See for yourself here:  https://www.athlinks.com/athletes/248654801