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Sat Oct-24-09 12:20 PM
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| 53. Sucks To Have Your Scene Crashed, But That's Business |
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Edited on Sat Oct-24-09 12:22 PM by NashVegas
There are an increasing number of outlets that offer marathon training and they've got to promote marathoning to promote themselves and make a living.
Some of them are set up as charities to promote various worthy causes. I don't see it reversing just yet.
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| -Marathon median times drop as the masses enter. Hard core runners despair of the trend. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Oct-23-09 11:54 PM |
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Get rid of the Shufflers |
Gulftrout |
Oct-24-09 12:01 AM |
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How about if you go Cheney yourself and enjoy a nice hot |
MattBaggins |
Oct-24-09 12:43 AM |
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Gotta agree with you. Let the elites finish fast..and then the rest of the |
BrklynLiberal |
Oct-24-09 12:59 AM |
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Who the fuck cares what the elites think? |
tonysam |
Oct-24-09 09:35 AM |
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So if it takes someone 5 days, that's an accomplishment? |
Darth_Kitten |
Oct-24-09 07:51 PM |
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Is that praise predicated on demeaning the slow runners? |
demwing |
Oct-26-09 11:37 PM |
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Oct-24-09 06:17 AM |
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The training that these "whiny shufflers" go through... |
SidDithers |
Oct-24-09 09:16 AM |
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What rules would those be? The ones you're proposing to change, I mean... n/t |
cherokeeprogressive |
Oct-24-09 11:15 AM |
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They can always get faster and in better shape. |
HughBeaumont |
Oct-24-09 01:27 PM |
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... |
RetroLounge |
Oct-24-09 05:39 PM |
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Hunnerd bucks sez this dude is out of shape. |
Vickers |
Oct-24-09 08:02 PM |
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What a bunch of whiners. |
HuckleB |
Oct-24-09 12:19 AM |
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Obese People getcha |
Gulftrout |
Oct-24-09 06:19 AM |
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Got cliches? |
HuckleB |
Oct-24-09 09:00 AM |
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actually, you're the one whining |
fishwax |
Oct-24-09 01:02 PM |
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Tell me about it. It is all about their ego and them wanting to preserve the 'prestige' |
debbierlus |
Oct-25-09 12:30 AM |
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Is race run for health or prestige? |
Mind_your_head |
Oct-24-09 12:19 AM |
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Exactly! |
HuckleB |
Oct-24-09 12:24 AM |
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How many qualifying type marathons are there? n/t |
sandnsea |
Oct-24-09 12:51 AM |
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*I* don't know myself.....but those that are knowledgeable enough to whine |
Mind_your_head |
Oct-24-09 12:57 AM |
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Have qualifying marathons |
sandnsea |
Oct-24-09 12:21 AM |
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Why? |
HuckleB |
Oct-24-09 12:23 AM |
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To separate it into two |
sandnsea |
Oct-24-09 12:49 AM |
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That's ridiculous, IMO. |
HuckleB |
Oct-24-09 08:59 AM |
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How bout a new competition? |
Gulftrout |
Oct-24-09 10:49 AM |
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Apparently some marathons have qualifications |
sandnsea |
Oct-24-09 12:53 PM |
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This is true. The Boston and the New York marathons |
question everything |
Oct-25-09 12:51 AM |
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That's pretty whiny - how is one person's marathon devalued if another person |
petronius |
Oct-24-09 12:26 AM |
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Oct-24-09 06:13 AM |
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Median time drops? I think you wanted to say Median time rises. nt |
thereismore |
Oct-24-09 12:50 AM |
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ooops. thanks. Too late to change |
Liberal_in_LA |
Oct-24-09 01:32 AM |
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Pfft! |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Oct-24-09 12:51 AM |
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My criteria is to say I "competed" if I ran all the way, "participated" if I walked at all. . . |
Journeyman |
Oct-24-09 12:57 AM |
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+100 |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Oct-24-09 01:00 AM |
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Amen |
MattBaggins |
Oct-24-09 01:02 AM |
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Most runners I know are happy to see other people running |
fishwax |
Oct-24-09 01:01 AM |
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Me too |
underpants |
Oct-24-09 07:59 PM |
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I never would have guessed they are jogging snobs |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-24-09 01:05 AM |
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The fat shufflers |
Gulftrout |
Oct-24-09 06:23 AM |
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Dude?! |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Oct-24-09 08:43 AM |
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That fat shufflers????? |
Le Taz Hot |
Oct-26-09 06:18 AM |
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It's too bad they breathe the same oxygen, isn't it? |
Missy Vixen |
Oct-30-09 12:34 PM |
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There Are Some Amazing Outdoors/Sports Snobs |
NashVegas |
Oct-24-09 11:08 AM |
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LOL! |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Oct-24-09 11:19 AM |
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my brothers girlfriend uses that phrase "car camping" |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-24-09 07:41 PM |
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Isn't It Odd? |
NashVegas |
Oct-24-09 09:17 PM |
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"Hard core runners" who make such complaints should take the stick out of their butt. |
MrModerate |
Oct-24-09 02:53 AM |
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Great argument |
Gulftrout |
Oct-24-09 06:24 AM |
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Sometimes truly offensive suggestions -- such as "only serious people should participate . . . |
MrModerate |
Oct-25-09 12:25 AM |
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Great explanation |
Gulftrout |
Oct-26-09 06:44 AM |
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oh my god.. |
Javaman |
Oct-26-09 10:17 AM |
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Who died and made you the Governor of Running |
Gulftrout |
Oct-26-09 09:31 PM |
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ahhh, still using that play ground mentality. LOL |
Javaman |
Oct-27-09 08:26 AM |
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Waaaah! Waaaaah! |
REP |
Oct-24-09 03:07 AM |
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Change the rules for the |
Gulftrout |
Oct-24-09 06:31 AM |
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Nearly every leisure activity has some friction between obsessives and hobbyists. |
LeftyMom |
Oct-24-09 04:13 AM |
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If anything, I figured letting slow people run would boost fast peoples' egos into the stratosphere. |
Selatius |
Oct-24-09 06:33 AM |
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Good Argument !! |
Gulftrout |
Oct-24-09 06:45 AM |
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I'm puzzled as to how a slow runner affects the fast runner's time. |
Obamanaut |
Oct-24-09 06:51 AM |
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The only way I can imagine it making a difference is that a large number of slow moving people... |
JVS |
Oct-26-09 06:53 AM |
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let them brag about their own start-to-finish time, and stop crying about what others are doing |
eShirl |
Oct-24-09 06:52 AM |
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I'm training for the Philadelphia Marathon |
MichellesBFF |
Oct-24-09 07:11 AM |
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Good for you |
underpants |
Oct-24-09 08:00 PM |
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Why not just offer the hardcore runners a special marathon |
SoCalDem |
Oct-24-09 07:23 AM |
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Maybe they can have a few detours uphill. |
HuckleB |
Oct-24-09 09:01 AM |
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Or a special Marathon |
Gulftrout |
Oct-24-09 11:03 AM |
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Is this street theater or Glenn Beck? |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Oct-24-09 11:25 AM |
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I've run 13 Marathons |
Gulftrout |
Oct-26-09 06:41 AM |
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Assuming you're still around, care to share your fastest/slowest times for us? nt |
DaveinJapan |
Oct-26-09 07:00 AM |
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Marathon Times |
Gulftrout |
Oct-26-09 06:05 PM |
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Yeah right. What's your times, and which ones. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Oct-26-09 07:33 AM |
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You still here, Chilly? |
flvegan |
Oct-24-09 07:44 PM |
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They do |
underpants |
Oct-24-09 07:56 PM |
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Let them do 2 laps |
JVS |
Oct-26-09 06:54 AM |
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Juggler |
bikebloke |
Oct-24-09 09:26 AM |
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People who aren't that athletic trying to keep themselves in some sort of shape |
AllentownJake |
Oct-24-09 09:36 AM |
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I can understand how they feel, A lot of sweat and effort goes into becoming competitive. |
Gwendolyn |
Oct-24-09 10:29 AM |
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I'd rather people participated in athletic events, yes, slow finishers do finish & deserve the shirt |
uppityperson |
Oct-24-09 11:08 AM |
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Perhaps different medals depending on completing time? Gold, Silver, Bronze? n/t |
Liberal_in_LA |
Oct-24-09 05:36 PM |
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IMHO the elites just need to get over themselves |
RamboLiberal |
Oct-24-09 11:48 AM |
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Sucks To Have Your Scene Crashed, But That's Business |
NashVegas |
Oct-24-09 12:20 PM |
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How can they act like they are better than people when they realize regular people can do it too |
Taitertots |
Oct-24-09 12:39 PM |
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When did people start sneeringly refer to runners as "elites" like they're the enemy? |
Gwendolyn |
Oct-24-09 02:17 PM |
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It's not necessarily a sneer, it's just a term that's used in running |
fishwax |
Oct-24-09 05:36 PM |
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Yes it does |
eridani |
Oct-25-09 05:11 AM |
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Yes what does? |
fishwax |
Oct-25-09 09:52 PM |
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Simply that people who are biologically built to be the best at endurance sports-- |
eridani |
Oct-26-09 06:03 AM |
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Thanks. :-) |
Gwendolyn |
Oct-26-09 07:52 AM |
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Mediocrity |
Gulftrout |
Oct-26-09 06:48 AM |
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+1 |
UndertheOcean |
Oct-26-09 08:08 AM |
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How are you supposed to know how well you're doing/improving w/out competing? |
flvegan |
Oct-24-09 07:51 PM |
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They can't good point |
underpants |
Oct-24-09 07:58 PM |
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As a 3 time marathoner and doing my 20 tomorrow in prep for Richmond 11/14 |
underpants |
Oct-24-09 07:52 PM |
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I completed the Lake Tahoe Walking Marathon in September |
bermudat |
Oct-24-09 08:10 PM |
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Out of curiosity, what's considered a good time for finishing a walking marathon? nt |
DaveinJapan |
Oct-26-09 06:54 AM |
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A good time would be finishing less than 7 hours. A scorching time |
bermudat |
Oct-26-09 10:23 PM |
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This concern seems weird to me -- marathons are not team sports. |
aikoaiko |
Oct-24-09 08:15 PM |
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I think running or jogging 26.2 miles in one stretch is something to be proud of, |
Quantess |
Oct-24-09 08:16 PM |
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I don't think it's the fastest runners that are complaining |
fishwax |
Oct-24-09 10:09 PM |
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Yeah, I noticed that too. |
cemaphonic |
Oct-25-09 12:44 AM |
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Some perspective |
yesphan |
Oct-26-09 08:51 AM |
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Wow! Those are truly amazing times. |
Quantess |
Oct-25-09 01:15 AM |
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See how she runs |
question everything |
Oct-25-09 12:47 AM |
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Maybe wrestling and boxing and weightlifting should eliminate weight divisions |
eridani |
Oct-25-09 05:07 AM |
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Bullshit analogy. |
Gwendolyn |
Oct-26-09 07:39 AM |
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I think that runners would beg to differ |
eridani |
Oct-27-09 12:05 AM |
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If the fast people are so concerned about image, they should run it twice while waiting for the slow |
JVS |
Oct-26-09 06:52 AM |
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Awww, they hate that the unwashed and unathletic masses are finishing marathons. |
TexasObserver |
Oct-26-09 07:27 AM |
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my son ran his first marathon Sunday and FINISHED with a time of 5 hours |
Gin |
Oct-26-09 07:51 AM |
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cool |
TexasObserver |
Oct-26-09 05:03 PM |
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i don't get it... |
Blue_Tires |
Oct-26-09 07:44 AM |
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That's odd... |
JerseygirlCT |
Oct-26-09 08:02 AM |
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I'll also state the stupidly obvious: |
Blue_Tires |
Oct-26-09 08:06 AM |
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hmm... 11 minute mile |
mrs_p |
Oct-26-09 08:10 AM |
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This is bullshit |
RT Atlanta |
Oct-26-09 08:12 AM |
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I've been running for roughly 34 years, run marathons by the dozen |
Javaman |
Oct-26-09 10:13 AM |
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Well said. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Oct-26-09 10:21 AM |
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Thanks. :) nt |
Javaman |
Oct-26-09 10:40 AM |
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Your Righteous Ramblings |
Gulftrout |
Oct-27-09 08:55 PM |
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Meh, you are blocked. |
Javaman |
Oct-30-09 12:19 PM |
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Oh horse hockey..my husband is a marathoner.. and the |
Peacetrain |
Oct-26-09 10:20 AM |
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Extremely simple solution |
Dreamer Tatum |
Oct-26-09 10:24 AM |
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Americans are fat, anyone who exercises should be encouraged |
la_chupa |
Oct-26-09 10:40 AM |
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The marathon runners have a point. It is decreasing their status to have these |
yawnmaster |
Oct-26-09 06:15 PM |
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that woud have a MAJOR influence on mean marathon time. lol |
Liberal_in_LA |
Oct-26-09 10:27 PM |
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I can't imagine why anyone would be upset by that. How stupid and self-centered. |
NC_Nurse |
Oct-26-09 06:16 PM |
#118 |
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