I live less than a mile from the Boston Marathon finish line, and even if you don't watch the race itself, the exuberance of the event is everywhere. It’s easy to identify the marathoners. They are impossibly lean, impossibly fit, not an ounce of fat. Plus they wear those silly leggings, always, even in the days before and after the marathon itself. After the race, they occasionally parade around with medals around their necks, or wrapped in the mylar blankets that are handed out at the finish line.
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