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I Ran So Far Away

Some travelers push their bodies with a strict regimen of alcohol and greasy foods. Others choose to purify themselves with seaweed wraps, salt scrubs and Enya. Guess what? They're all wimps compared to tourists who travel great distances to run marathons.

As a service to runners who missed the registration deadline for this year's London marathon, the Guardian wraps-up six European alternates. Limp down Rome's cobblestones! Dodge Stockholm's fat summer mosquitoes! There's a wealth of options for the discerning, uh, foot jockey.

The real highlight is the Athens marathon in November. It's the same route that the 2004 Olympians ran, plus the race begins in the famed town of Marathon. Sure beats running through Queens, right?


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