The marathons I like are the ones where the winner runs across the finish line looking like he or she isn't even breathing hard.
Of course, it's more exciting when there's more than one person at the end and they have to sprint. Yesterday's women's race had the first and second place runners separated by a second, and the second place woman collapsed and had to be taken to the hospital immediately afterwards. The TV announcer said, "She gave it everything she had," like that was a good thing. But in my opinion, the point of sports is to produce a healthy mind in a healthy body, and it can't possibly be healthy to abuse your body like that.
The only runner I've known personally who finished the Boston Marathon spent the next few weeks on crutches -- he'd sprained his ankle at about mile 15 and finished anyway. I don't think this is healthy either.
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