Back to the post. So people all over run marathons. Why on earth do they want to do this? The concept of the Marathon is to commemorate the Greek soldier Pheidippides running to Athens to report the Greek victory over the Persians at the Battle of Marathon. He reached Athens, shouted out "NIKE!" and collapsed, dead. I understand honoring a great athlete, but should we really be encouraging this sort of behavior? I mean, the guy didn't have enough common sense to stop and drink a little bit of water and take a breather. These days people participating in that odd cult we call sports make it a priority to take safety precautions, and drink water like... well, like a fish. Come on, we don't commemorate great acts of overconfidence EVER. It'd be like commemorating Napoleon's fatal invasion of Russia (For those who don't know, Napoleon invaded Russia with over 400,000 men and came back with only 1/10 of that: 40,000. You don't invade Mother Russia, Russia invade you).
Clearly if you are making a face like this, something has to be wrong. And I can say that, because whenever I run I make those faces, and my brief affair with rowing saw some of my craziest expressions I've ever made. All I can say, is if the sport results in bleeding nipples, maybe it shouldn't be called a sport and should be called torture. I am in awe of those who put themselves through this pain, but I have to laugh at whoever came up with the idea.
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