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I'm a reformed runner. I raced competively for about 12 years (I'm 32 now), but I had a string of injuries that have turned me into a pedestrian. You can turn muscle into steel by running, but you run around Asphalt America long enough, and a strand of grissle will go pop, and there you are walking.
As far as races go, I love Chicago for the course (no hills), Boston for the people and the Marine Corp in DC for the crazies. Prettiest course ever was the Smokey Mountain Marathon in Townsend, TN, but it's a bitch. If you're talking shorter stuff, I love the Bix in Davenport, Bay to Breakers, the Expo in Knoxville, TN, and the Corporate Challenge in Chicago.
The Grand Canyon sounds incredibly cool, though. Maybe if I can ever find someone that has the $6M that it will take to put me back together, I'll run that one.
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