David Goggins would be proud.
American runner Connor Strynkowski completed the New York City Marathon at breakneck speed with his bib strapped to his bare chest.
The 30-year-old traversed the route, which passes through all five boroughs of New York City, in just under 2 hours and 39 minutes. This is a pace close to 6 minutes per mile.
Strynkowski's decision to go shirtless apparently wasn't made on a whim. In the running community, Strynkowski, a native of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, has become a pseudo-celebrity. lovingly dubbed ”pinskin man”
The exact conditions best suited for running 42.2 miles with four thorns strapped to your chest are still unknown, but the majority of runners who took part in Sunday's marathon were happy with the temperatures on race day.
The temperature was 44 degrees when Strinkowski started crossing the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge around 9 a.m. By the time I crossed the finish line in Central Park about two and a half hours later, the temperature had risen to a balmy 50 degrees.
Strynkowski's official time — 2:38:16 — 326th fastest out of 55,524 marathon finishers. His time was a good 94th in his age group (30-34 years old).
Praise and confusion rained down from all corners of the internet. In the marathon's official Facebook group, Post a photo of Strynkowski Thousands of reactions gathered near the starting line.
“Why?” one user asked.
“I bet he really hates his nipples chafing,” another observed.
“That's the definition of a true runner,” said a third.
Many of the more than 600 commenters wrote about seeing the shirtless speedster. ran track at Cornell University He raced as a member of the New York Harriers Run Club from 2012 to 2016, passing them on the route.
Of course, Strinkowski could have pinned the bib to his shorts, but what's the fun in that?
