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Last two days the Chicago marathon has generated a lot of heated debate on the blogosphere and forums. I tend to side with this article, although not entirely.

Nobody forced anyone to run
Chicago Tribune, Oct 9th, 2007

Hey, don’t blame the city of Chicago if you were too tired and too hot Sunday while running a marathon.

And don’t blame sponsor LaSalle Bank if you were weak from thirst and couldn’t get enough to drink.

You’ve got nobody to blame but yourselves.

“They ought to move it to a later date,” one runner whined on TV.

Yeah, how about November next time? Then you could run it in a blizzard and blame Chicago for your case of frostbite.

Sympathy for the fallen is fine, but the sponsors weren’t responsible for making them run.

No one stages a 26.2-mile race for 45,000 people and guarantees, “Oh, by the way, you’ll all be fine.”

Marathons are not for the faint of heart. You run in one, you take your chances.

If the water supply runs short, here’s a helpful hint: Stop running. It’s just a race. Don’t die for it.

Congratulations to the winners. You signed up to be in a long, hard run? You got one