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NEW YORK MARATHON: IAN O'RIORDANran the New York Marathon yesterday supported by an Irish vest and a red-hot soundtrack

I HAVE seen the best minds of my generation conquered by the madness of marathon running. Starving, hysterical, naked. I have run the five boroughs of New York City without stopping and without once wanting to.