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Saturday, November 3, 2007 12:00 AM

How Oprah ruined the marathon

America's competitive spirit has been wrecked by feel-good amateurs like Oprah whose only goal is to stagger across the finish line.
By Edward McClelland

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  • Friday, November 2, 2007 06:54 PM

    Wrongheaded and defensive stance on distance running by mortals

    You've got to be kidding...Oprah ruined marathon running? What's with the so-called purists claiming lethal dilution of the purity of the sport when amateurs wish to run the same course and, for a brief moment, compete with the world's best in something, anything, once. And what's this all about, Salon? Are we trying this hard to sell the product on the basis of these bait-and-switch headlines which I thought might just be confined to the right wing hate machine? Oprah? C'mon. What next...she caused the failed policy in Iraq, too?

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