Jeff Mark (This is the second time I’ve written “Jeff” when referring to Mark. Why is that? He looks like a Jeff to me) (And he’s running again, yes!) posted a link to this story, and he’s right. A marathon is not 13.1 miles. Even though a half-marathon has the word “marathon” in it, it’s not a marathon.

The author laments her training woes which included “ruining a good pair of running shoes with a bloody toe.” That’s like saying you ruined a good cake by covering it with the perfect frosting.

Near the conclusion to her piece she sums up by saying “perhaps the most important lesson of all: I will never, ever run 26 miles.” Then, Melanie Tucker of Maryville, Tenn, not only have you not run a marathon, you will never, ever run one.

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