Run For Your Life (1904 Olympic Marathon)

Hall of Shame

Rachel Bonnetta

Society & Culture, Sports, Comedy

4.2 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Rachna is going to need Rachel to pack a water bottle. The 1904 Olympics were, to be generous, a catastrophe. Against a backdrop of horrible planning, racist sideshows, and the worst racing conditions in history, a motley crew of unlucky runners lined up for the marathon. Then they started dropping like flies. And when things are such a disaster from the start, the only way to finish is with a little illicit help.

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0:27.3	2020 has been so ridiculous and we got through it. We're getting through it. It's September
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1:04.4	Hey everybody, I'm Rachel Bonetta and I'm Rechna Frappon and this is Hall of Shame.
1:11.7	Hi Rachel. Hello. How are you feeling my friend? I am missing an organ that I once had. I got my
1:21.9	gallbladder removed. You guys. And now your gallbladder less. I'm gallbladder less. I am on a strict
1:29.6	diet of just basically jello and soup which is miserable. For how long? I don't know. I don't know.
1:38.9	It's kind of like a touch and go situation. I got to feel how I'm feeling basically. I also have
1:44.4	to warn you that I'm still somewhat on drugs. So this could get a little... That's just like a fun
1:50.2	situation. Hey. Hi. Can I tell you two quick stories? Yeah. The first one being when I was coming out of
1:57.2	my anesthesia. I met this lovely nurse shout outs to Tim. Okay. Tim gave me lots of drugs at the
2:05.6	hospital and I tweeted something out about that. I was just like I just got my gallbladder removed,
2:10.4	shout outs to Tim. Tim managed to find this, started tweeting me and I was like oh dear Lord Jesus,
2:18.7	what did I say? Because you were just like loopy. I was just stony baloney all night long hanging
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