Thursday, September 25, 2008

Marathoning 101

Runner's World Oct 2008 has a short article about marathoning classes in US colleges - University of Wisconsin, Washington U, Purdue U, Lake Superior College, Wasburn U and Louisiana State U. For most of these courses, the final exam is to actually run a full or half marathon. In the 12-year history of Washington U's marathon class, only one student has failed to finish the 26.2 mile event.

Wonder if our universities would ever offer similar courses? But now I have good choices for the next sabbatical. :)

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