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Recently I was talking with some runners who had done a variety of marathons and half-marathons but no one single race of the shorter distance type. In addition, they had only run races, and only expressed a desire to do so in the future, those of the mega-marathon variety. You know the type: ones with [...]

It matters not whether you are talking about a 5K, 15K, or 50K, when mentioning an upcoming race, you will run into someone who feels any sort of long-distance running is “crazy,” and they only run “if someone is chasing me!” Ha Ha! Dealing with comments from non-runners is part of the task of being [...]