Marathoners

A marathon is a 42 kilometre race. The fastest ever finishing time for a marathon was done by Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, who ran the race in 2 hours and 3 minutes (!!!!!!!)


The average finishing times for marathons are  4 hours 32 minutes for men and 5 hours 6 minutes for women.


I would love to be able to say one day that I ran a marathon. It would be a huge achievement, considering that I get exhausted after just walking for 5 hours, let alone running it ... I can do about 5.5 km before I'm done. 42 km seems beyond reason. 

Not to mention that you get a rockin' bod. I would kill for this body ... but would I run for it?