The marathon was far from over.
Zatopek, the winner of the 1952 Olympic marathon, was far back, in sixth place.
"The half-marathon gives you almost all of the satisfaction and achievement of the marathon and far less than half of the aches and pains and fatigue," said Jeff Galloway, a 1972 Olympian who is now a popular marathon coach and the author of a best-selling book on running.
After all, when evaluating a Redfin job applicant one of the big questions I'm trying to answer is "when did she do something hard?" It could be something you put yourself through for fun like running a marathon or far more serious like fighting in a war.
But even this analogy has limitations, for the fixed distance and easily measurable results of a marathon are far more tangible than progress along the yogic path.
He has run 127 marathons so far, 21 last year alone.
Djokovic had played the most memorable of the five-set marathons so far, going nearly five hours in beating his second-round opponent, Radek Stepanek.
(Dr. Baggish cycles, he runs — more than 30 marathons so far — and he competes in triathlons. "I certainly exceed any dose of exercise that has been said to be bad for you," he noted).
When he's not writing about the next big Pubcon conference, Lane enjoys distance running, having run eleven marathons so far, genealogy, cross-country skate skiing, collecting vintage computers, and spending time with his wonderful wife Julie Ahasay and their cats Phineas Faustus and ZaSu Pitts in Duluth, Minnesota.
The marathon is by far the Road Runners' biggest moneymaker and an economic engine for the city.
