Running in the Marine Corp Marathon or the Boston Marathon? How safe it is for runners to push their bodies to the limits --- and run 26.2 miles at one time? Kasey-Dee Gardner gets some answers.
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Running in the Marine Corp Marathon or the Boston Marathon? How safe it is for runners to push their bodies to the limits --- and run 26.2 miles at one time? Kasey-Dee Gardner gets some answers.
Added: Oct 13, 2009
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