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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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  • Friday, November 2, 2007 07:02 PM

    We're waiting...

    Quit the whining. So what if the average time has dropped? Has it harmed you? Does the aesthetics of slower runners offend your sensibilities?

    We're waiting. If you think it's no longer serious test, run longer (hey, the Penguin crowd hasn't found the Marathon Des Sables yet), add some more sports (or does the fact that almost 10K of us in the US alone do Ironman races also bug you?) or get ready and go into multiday adventure races.

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