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Tue 10 Oct 2009Lilesa cruises home in sensational debut
ATHLETICS MARATHON:THE MARATHON starts at 20 miles. It doesn’t matter whether you’re trying to win or simply trying to finish. It’s when the race turns from prologue to monologue. It’s when the going gets tough, and the tough get going. It’s the final approach to The Wall.
With this is mind, it seemed like a good idea to join yesterday’s Dublin Marathon at exactly 20 miles (on the bike that is, not running), right where it passed my parents’ house.
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