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Facebook CEO discovers running! Real milers fume and frolic

Posted by Ken Stone on January 5, 2016 in Hollywood | Leave a response
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Mark Zuckerberg is getting old at 31, but he’s still up on the latest fads.

Mark Zuckerberg, Founder & CEO of Facebook. Photo via Wikimedia Commons
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder & CEO of Facebook. Photo via Wikimedia Commons
The Facebook CEO has shared his new year’s goal: “I’m going to run 365 miles and I’d love for as many people in this community to join me as possible.”

On letsrun.com, the message board was lighting up — after first wondering if the pledge was fake.

Some comments:

  • If real, it adds a new dimension to hobby jogger-ism.
  • When you look at the photo which do you see first: cell phone or heel strike? Which is more painful to look at?
  • Why 365? It’s a leap year, he should have said 366.
  • 2011 called. It wants its running fad back.
  • I smell a Zuckerberg-funded series of hobby jogging events coming.

The thread eventually veered off track, discussing whether a 260-pound guy could run a 7-minute mile.

But Zuckerberg stayed focused, and highlighted a Facebook page to capitalize on his quest.

“This is a lot of running, but it’s not a crazy amount,” he said. “It’s a mile a day, and at a moderate pace it’s less than 10 minutes of running per day.”

I have a physical challenge for 2016 as well.I'm going to run 365 miles and I'd love for as many people in this…

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Posted by Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, January 4, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg wants us to run a mile a day in 2016, but he's doing it wrong https://t.co/Wo56jCikKj via @mashable

— Karissa Bell (@karissabe) January 5, 2016

You know what's cooler than Zuckerberg trying to run 365 miles in 2016? A billion miles.

— Kyle Merber (@TheRealMerb) January 5, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg wants to become the Forrest Gump of Silicon Valley https://t.co/ojf6rIxeJB

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) January 5, 2016

Is it just me or is Mark Zuckerberg kind of becoming Oprah? https://t.co/VsYI43HyHP Run with me! Read books with me! Live your best life!

— Andrew Golis (@agolis) January 5, 2016

Lord, grant me the serenity to never be as goal-oriented as Mark Zuckerberg.

— Jesse Thorn (@JesseThorn) January 5, 2016

Facebook CEO discovers running! Real milers fume and frolic was last modified: January 5th, 2016 by Ken Stone

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