The marathon will only divert much-needed resources and personnel from ensuring the safety of endangered civilians to putting on a footrace.

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She got started with the skeleton as a high-school student in Colorado when she challenged a young woman to a footrace at a rec center.

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Meanwhile, Becherer is watching the footrace with satisfaction, knowing that his final years might not go well but that he has four bright candidates to succeed him.

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Non-Greeks, slaves and women were barred from competing, and, with the exception of unmarried girls, from spectating as well (unmarried girls were also allowed to participate in a footrace at a separate religious festival in honor of the Goddess Hera).

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