While a walk in the park (i.e. a 10km) is harmless enough,
![Shonan Marathon 2011](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s3MAWdt50bKdtDLnYSyH_SlfNfRU5_1dxZw2rElmkCQaB91O9BuugNqu2dx1KVWbB747J2Zr2tS5HARW2VlZozXCDHMJGVpdGWz3DFkFM8B0MYaBsM4yx4VHQhvM15cuRlTQ=s0-d)
and can even be fun,
![10 K finishers](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uAYyW3Rf7ZktE8aHJ1Oy2Hh-_AX8Dz5tc4c0uNpIo1jbvTSJB421DxWxy-VR1GkkunRJWptg783KOuiBjGhjcFpT48HFjJSXhyFO0XcPJChK82nDvkgii4hA3_Ju83o4azng=s0-d)
the reasons not to run a full marathon are legion...
![Finishers in pain](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vYsPSedfe2S-RSBYErNY-hAejPiAWYNU5daYesj-hcpUl924g1-MtWhHIKx_PAtqeIlz8h5GUxQtLfJAAVxaW3aYKZ08vBMlLrPXzo68A13qurIZ38WEiiPXPNksQw1tcFRg=s0-d)
Worse, these are the good (sub-3hr) guys,
![salty exhaustion](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_t5Qiswt2NNt84o8mRx6VW0UNiV_sAYOmVSBVkcyNqSD-iWZgqwP0FGqlUszOQulJ0zBKU2-R046SA4U6OohF1d6zJGv_iJ76xP2gzL-cRsNyQb6AmOUIB1fwl89zJolYOTBw=s0-d)
natural runners,
![gasping his last](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tUS3XVIjUHuZRwKHKqVB76VhWOo1KJ-N34zneh0d2QbgMpDQ4ab3i5Q2H5cN7ERqz9pIbKS_UkG_1ZBU7dhP_8vyvvv9LZGnSWQ-Bg5yXNPC6O4MxoXzc2Kl4_FZ7Qmduffw=s0-d)
who should have been having fun...
![finished finisher](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sxJpuWHi75nPPljxOrmr6lx00ZTvyE0HH4fxFRukjvywu2bsxDwEq8HlA0SbkmumJbpGZr0-r5bSE84y8WJrsOF1Q_r-XaiZZzTMMropw338iNwEywIdjbSUUSdIp9vcb3=s0-d)
There was a shuttle bus back to the station which followed the course, from where we saw the carnage of the 4 hour-plussers... stumbling zombies, bodies piled by the roadside, wheelchairs, ambulances etc. But here's jules, happy to have beaten 1500 (wow) men! And I had a cold.
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3 comments:
Well, IIRC the original marathoner dropped dead right afterwards, whereas the original 10ker probably did something like have a beer with friends afterwards, so it all seems to fit.
To be fair he did it twice, so perhaps these guys are only half-dead.
They look it!
I remember reading somewhere that marathoners tend to be pretty perky up through about the 80% point, and that it's the last bit that does them in.
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