While a walk in the park is harmless enough,
![Shonan Marathon 2011](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tm3bJtG49m0_Dpm25HQnwxWUfK-S7PtVD7QvUFKZRqdnuencljpv4HeURlYVW-7363xkdBMsX3keirdGSUgPonTySH2fInRc-AdMdRRwVfru6YZ8feL6nat8XRhYsuF6twQg=s0-d)
and can even be fun,
![10 K finishers](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u5b7E0wCLSTa6zQkIU_ytvN1Q6AFLoYtEzEth7aGJGA6xiDcydcMBha8UAhtM-8NvVzznGMuKIVO17jYp2OIRReZ-M7hXf5Maroh-veBv6b7PEmUFfDud-jpiY4wJw9S-DCg=s0-d)
the reasons not to run a full marathon are legion...
![Finishers in pain](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sLpsJQyBvkFtrBMCkdqlxPPqKjl5YQkKgBLcbPmqOUCfgOix2RNdwWdXLf4LFs1SWUfBuT5sYxJkd5Vbi83IsXKlnNFxAuZgnL50i_ezGL6BAp-rcnnLclX0TZqv6psyFrgQ=s0-d)
Worse, these are the good (sub-3hr) guys,
![salty exhaustion](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u7Ht_jB4FNk6ud7F4BrAtOl4h3v_oXUepdCpaZ49J-n1PDvCAlhKAZ2SSSYOmwxpGH14uGIGOQUKxyAZ1CIvyF-hABOkhKz-x91YYWylWUqYIxcs0DWUkl8vVihlCNlVj7Bw=s0-d)
natural runners,
![gasping his last](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vwEpPbb9yB2rVNdBpa6qknek9lv-vzyaGgDE4UVRXLYQ7OtUbZZ2BrM45sj5JNnptjomB0JtYfA0dBbb1y1w021bq-WZfOXaZ--w0NgZNGGFHf7gJRk-K31Rcqf40-DS_eFw=s0-d)
who should have been having fun...
![finished finisher](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uQsMOWpemryvuIGyApQ6nm7pH5DoqmgHr7J3zDEngbuUMUcW-3yROAJmpwCoi4WCxibd1fKsLAFy7sObsutgEqVirI2TCoBRt6MvD9UPh_3e2PMfDcN8ey3ugtFFgml3ZW=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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