"some people are just not built for endurance running"

Marathon Photos take pictures of you when you're running a race. Running a half-marathon seemed like an achievement worth spending money on a memento, so I forked out and bought the two pictures of me. Keen to make use of them, I sent them to a few people in the office.

NT responded, "is that man alive?"

"It looks like the runner in the background (719?) is concerned for me."

"Sean just said the same thing. You look like you aged 50 years. Is that near the end?"

"That one was at the beginning. This one was near the end."

"I think you should give up now, some people are just not built for endurance running, you're going to kill yourself."

"And let Sean win?"

"Ok, who wins if you drop dead. How bad did you feel that day, how bad have you felt since, have you been able to train properly? You should take a leaf out of that young girl's book, stick to max 10K, that way you can keep fit without being stupid. Male f~king pride!"

"Um ... bad morning?"

"No not at. Just a bit concerned by the look of you in those photos."

Thank you for your support.