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Originally Posted by tete
Very true! Sorry, hope my post didn't come off sounding like they were less than a hero for the time they took to finish! I just about collapsed doing a HALF (took me over three hours!) and then went and watched these people still chugging away at the full and was just in awe of them, every single one. I was happy that we could cheer everyone on who was so close to the end.  |
A few years ago, Katie Holmes, the wife of Tom Cruise, ran the New York City Marathon in about 5:30, basically part of the process of getting back into actress form after giving birth. People magazine reported it and some overly-intense wag wrote a letter slamming her for incompetence and other crimes against humanity. The following issue comes along and he's destroyed for his criticism by a horde of marathoners of all calibers.
And rightly so.
I liked it that former chubby Alanis Morrissette ran the NYC Marathon in 4:28 too.
Others:
GW Bush II, a 3:44:52 Houston Marathon in 1993.
Al Gore, 4:54.25 in the Marine Corps Marathon in 1997.
Will Ferrell, 2003 Boston Marathon in 3:56:12
Sarah Palin, 3:59:36 in the Humpy's Marathon in 2005. Nice push to finish in sub 4 hours.
P Diddy Combs, 2003 NYC Marathon, in 4:14:54.
It's a hard thing to do. As the announcer at the start of the Edmonton Marathon I ran in the mid-1990's said, "You can't hide in a marathon if you haven't done the work."
Cowperson