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• Friday, November 2, 2007 07:43 PM

  Salon is reduced to pot-stirrer status

  This debate is almost as old as marathoning. And this article adds nothing to it. It is just intended to stir the pot.

  You can find better arguments for and against "middle-aged recreational joggers" running marathons any day of the week in the "Clubhouse" forum at the Cool Running website.

  http://www.coolrunning.com/cgi-bin/ubb/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=Clubhouse&number=1

  They even have some people there who are as big an ass as McClellan is, but their arguments are better and better written.

  So what's the logical conclusion to this line of thinking, that only those who can win a marathon on any given day should be running it? Otherwise there is always a level of runner that can make McClellan's complaint about slower runners ruining the sport.

  McClellan, you're a pot-stirring idiot with nothing new to say. A slow idiot, at that. And a pussy. When you run your marathon, make sure to stay out of my way, okay? And when you finally reach the finish line, maybe you can tell me how my 65-year old friend who has run 70 marathons in the last 15 years is ruining the sport, or my 74-year old friend who just qualified for his first Ironman (Swim 2.4 miles, Bike 112 miles, Run 26.2 miles) is ruining that sport.

  Sheesh... I expect better than this from Salon.

  —Dana Runs Read Dana Runs's other letters
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