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To run a marathon is an amazing feat. According to Wikianswers<\/a>, only 1 person in 1000 runs a marathon in any given year. And that assumes no repeat-runners, which probably means the number is more like 1 person in 3000 or 5000. Either way, doing so puts you in a very special class of people.<\/b> Likewise for those who run a half. In my tiny bit of experience, though, I would say that running a full is about 4 times as difficult as the half, because of the lengthened time needed for training and what happens to the muscles in the body between 17 and 22 miles as energy reserves become depleted and the body switches to \u2018eating\u2019 protein and fat from within. This is know,\u00a0appropriately, as \u2018hitting the wall\u2019. It can bring feelings of:<\/p>\n\n
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