BBC | UK teacher wins US ultra-marathon - Marathon runners are now sissies (yes, I mean you, P. Diddy). I just learned that there is a race called the ultra-marathon that spans the 3,100 mile distance from California to New York. Some bloke named Bob Brown just won the race with a time of . . . two months. That's 50 miles a day for two months. He went through seven pairs of sneakers.

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