Running

no offense to you hobo, but i don't understand why people who don't run at all would want to run a marathon.

i just don't see the attraction in running a marathon and taking 5 hours. personally, if i didn't think i was a realistic chance of breaking 2:50 i wouldn't even bother. so i don't bother.

this is the track racer in me coming out. i like running because i like moving fast, not slogging away for hours on end.

Its a mental thing. Physically my body does'nt want to go further than say 18 miles. The last 8 are all about winning the inner dialogue.
Sometimes I wonder if its possible to do yourself a mental injury, although the fact that I think of it as a 'inner dialogue' probably means my heads broken already.