Here is another crime against humanity common here ...

Aye...and some chap did complete I think the LA marathon who weighed in at 400 pounds, but he was a sumo wrestler....took him 9 odd hours so fair play to him

Strangely I had this discussion with a medical student at Uni many moons ago.

"What would happen if you were a fitness freak i.e. swimming, gym, running, aerobics etc, but you also ate 10 burgers a day and a ton of other crap"

We discussed it for ages, obviously over a few beers ourselves, and the most rational answer we came up with was:

You would end up as one of those huge defensive backers in an American football team - Incredibly fit and strong and incredibly overweight

Thats not a joke either. What would happen to someone who stuffs their face but also excersises to excess?

JTL

What on earth does metabolism have to do with fat people running? And also I dont see many people who are fat running (myself included!)

I've seen a few getting a sweat up chasing the tucker van.

I was gonna do a pie shop joke but thought the PC brigade would lych me

Be a devil,go for it.

Nah... you already know the puch line now

I have been fat, I have been thin. I have run in both conditions. Generally, the faster the metabolism, the better equipped you are to get rid of the crap that major exercise likes to build up in your system. ie- you excrete faster, which is quite helpful.
When I've run in races, I've seen all sorts of people running. Fat, thin, chubby, porcine, and micro-thin.

This guys pic has generated more attention than when Jenifer Hawkins lost her dress on the cat walk