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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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  • Saturday, November 3, 2007 12:43 PM

    For the rest of us..

    Instead of blaming Oprah for Marathon Mania why don't you thank her? If she made marathon's more popular and more people participate it has probably upped the dollar amount most marathon's pay to winners which brings better quality runners to a lot of these races.

    I think what makes elite runners angry is that at the end of the day pretty much any couch potato can run a marathon with some discipline and hard work which would make running not so elite right?

    —slowpokejoe Read slowpokejoe's other letters

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