The Upshot

Rat poison cocktails and flogging false starters: marathon madness

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Episode notes

For most of us, marathon season is a time to hide in the stationary cupboard while Pauline from accounts shakes the tin for her local donkey sanctuary.

But things were a little different in the old days.

They drank rat poison, got chased by wild dogs and flogged false starters.

Buckle in for marathon madness…

Thomas Hicks carried across finish line: https://images.app.goo.gl/CJxzoyPErKtfxsdv5

Uncle Chen smoking: https://news.sky.com/story/chinese-chain-smoking-marathon-runner-completes-26-miles-in-less-than-three-and-a-half-hours-12748278

Runner shitting on the lawn in Boston: https://twitter.com/BabzOnTheMic/status/1648028215657525250

Guy knocking down the water bottles: https://twitter.com/1Fubar/status/1424970964069015553

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