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Rat poison cocktails and flogging false starters: marathon madness
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…
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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