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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.

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  • Sunday, November 4, 2007 12:26 AM

    holy cow!

    Not Oprah. This article was not only written by an absolute idiot, it was mean spirited and shallow to boot. Middle aged pudge? That's journalism?! Where's YOUR competitive standard for your so-called profession? Just b/c you ran a 20 min 5k in the last century doesn't give you a leg (with a bum knee, boo hoo, whiny asshole) to stand on to write crap like this!

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