Posted by D Stumpus on 10/31/07 22:32

"Prisoner at War" <prisoner_at_war@yahoo.com> wrote

> Most of them seemed to have stopped at various points. Well, heck,
> anyone can quite easily finish the marathon, in that case! I've
> always thought the point of it was to run continuously, even if
> slowly. If you stop -- however much warranted, nevertheless -- it's
> just cheating. You didn't run the marathon. You walked and ran 26.2
> miles, with rest in-between. Heck, I can do that right now!

Oh no! None of my 20 sub 3 hour marathons count! Not even the pair of
2:37's!!

Oh, if I'd only known that stopping to drink would ruin everything :-)

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