On a recent Sunday, as the Los Angeles Marathon overran a number of streets on which I wanted to drive, I marveled at the marathoners. What strange blend of determination and masochism made people want to run so far for so long when they could have been in bed or sitting at some sidewalk café sipping French roast? From where I sit, it’s -- well -- crazy.

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