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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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  • Saturday, November 3, 2007 03:18 AM

    How condescending and anti-good health!

    That article guaranteed I will never click on McClelland's links again. What an insult and waste of time, and what a gratuitous abusive use of a black female icon's name to get attention to such self-serving antagonistic drivel! "Dragging her flab"?! Have you been feeling up her ample body, pray tell?

    Oprah ain't flabby, honey, she's just no marathon-runner or good at any sports. Should we all just kill ourselves so we don't offend your sensibilities if we're not sports jocks or jockettes?

    Oprah gets thousands of women who'd die of a stroke or heart attack, off the couch and into gyms and to tracks to run. Good for her! Every little kid who raises money for a school with marathons - smack those little worthless amateurs off the track too? Geez, what vitriol!

    I think Mr. McClelland should get his liver checked; it seems very filled with bile. Not hydrating enough?

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