# @pvellner on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DToJXnXEiZK
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/48343045-pvellner-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-17T21:42:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Vellnerd (@PVellner) — https://gondola.cc/PVellner

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#SaturdayStoryTime - Marathon POV (1/2)
The marathon row is the most asked about event I’ve ever done. I’ve thought about it lots, so here’s a breakdown from my perspective.
Its 2018. It was the fourth event of day 1. It was a big day. 3 events down, 3 hours to go… is there even any point in warming up?
I’m the warm up area it seems like not really. Most everyone’s warm up consisted of applying astro glide, squeezing out every bit of pee possible and putting on some combination of tape, grips and gloves.
We has some heads up about this event and were told we’d be allowed to bring one basket worth of supplies onto the floor. I loaded mine with water, some liquid carbs and a tub full of marathon gels and gummy bears. I noticed a few poor souls with tragically empty baskets. Bad idea.
On the floor anticipation was high, too high. On the countdown to start our 3 hour workout someone jumped the gun and false started which messed up the system and they had to take 5 minutes to reset. Like that extra 1 second was gonna help. What it did reveal though was that the DJ was about to drop 3 hours of bass thumping EDM. mathewfras fikowski and I were right in front of the DJ booth and had a desperate word with the DJ. Begging him not to do it. “I gotchul” he says. When the music drops. It was clear he didn’t have us 😂.
Here’s what I remember from the event:
I had a lot of time to kill. I tried to look at every spectator in the face. It was easy because The stadium emptied a lot by the 2k mark. 
 crossfitcowboy45 vowed to tell a joke on the mic every 2k. He lasted about 3 jokes before reality set in.
I was sitting in the back row near the middle, between Mat and Brent. We could see everyone during the whole event. I absolutely judged the crap out of everyone. Panchiks were wearing belts, lol. iamkhanporter got a huge ab cramp like 10k to go. Brutal.  ethanhelbig35 went big and took the lead early then blew up. I watched him stand up off the rower and thought “what a rookie”. bsmit13 stood up minutes after, I thought”what a veteran” 😂. Basically I did anything to keep myself mentally engaged. 
 Mat sweat so much it was pouring under my rower.
Continued next post

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