What does これでも mean?


Context is: 見りゃわかんだろ これでも必死で走って来たんだよ!

Translation I have: Can't you tell?! We ran our asses off here!

How does これでも come into play? Internet says it means "even though things may
appear this way" but that cannot be the case because of the 見りゃわかんだろ. I was
thinking これ refers to the speaker, but でも cannot be "as well", since **they**
were the ones running, not the listeners. Please help me understand.

Context:

[![comic page
1](https://i.stack.imgur.com/x90cz.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/x90cz.jpg)

[![comic page
2](https://i.stack.imgur.com/y7s5e.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/y7s5e.jpg)




これでも (literally "even with this" or "in spite of this") in this context means
"in spite of the (bad) result (of being late)" or "although you may be
thinking I'm lazy". これ in これでも often refers to the speaker's appearance, but
it can vaguely refer to any "bad situation" at hand.




これでも (literally "even with this" or "in spite of this") in this context means
"in spite of the (bad) result (of being late)" or "although you may be
thinking I'm lazy". これ in これでも often refers to the speaker's appearance, but
it can vaguely refer to any "bad situation" at hand.

