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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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  • Sunday, November 4, 2007 11:10 AM

    That does it.

    What a wonderful article. I think this guy might have actually inspired a whole new fitness movement - among aesthetically unpleasing fat people like myself who are now going to "crowd the gravel paths" if for no other purpose than to piss off disgustingly elitist snobs like Edward McClelland.

    In fact, I think I'm going to go out and train for next year's Atlanta Marathon - I'll target a time of about 5 hours even. And, I might even stop off at Krispy Kreme on the way home.

    —Deadmessenger Read Deadmessenger's other letters

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