Message Category: New!: Marathon Walkers/Penguins
Topic: Why call it a half Marathon?

Reply: From: Date:	I only ran HALF a Marathon Susan 6/9/04 12:28:03 AM ET
Conversely when I ran my first Half-Marathon 2 years ago, my parents kept telling their friends that I had just run a Marathon. I kept having to correct them that in fact, I had run a Half-Marathon, or 13.1 miles. I didn't want to take credit for running a Marathon when I had not. I was proud of finishing a Half-Marathon 2 years ago, there was no embarrassment or shame about it at all. As I recall, it hurt almost as much as running a full Marathon because I wasn't in very good shape when I ran the Half. Post a reply on the Bulletin Board
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