Brian Laird on WNYC and we'll go into the weekend now, New York City Marathon weekend

with a call in for any of you who'll be running the marathon or anyone who ever has on the question. Of all things, why did you decide

to do something so extreme as to run a marathon, as to train for a marathon? 212-433 W-Nyc,

212-433-96-6-9-2.

Again, of all things, why did you decide to do something as extreme as to train for a

marathon?

212-433-9692.

And related to that, do you think there's such a thing as a marathon personality?

Somebody brought that up to me the other day.

Maybe there's a type of person who is drawn to such a massive undertaking.

Do you think?

For yourself, marathoners out there, how would you like to describe what it is about you

that draws you to this kind of challenge, this kind of feat.

212-433, WNYC, 433-9-6-9-2.

And we also want to give those of you planning to run on Sunday a chance to thank someone on the radio, thank someone in your support

system for helping to make this possible for you. Is there anyone you would like to thank for,

you know, doing all the necessary stuff while your life is being consumed by training, your

partner who took on more of making dinner or cleaning the bathroom or watching the kids more

than before, maybe your friends and family who are sponsoring you or anyone else? 212-433, WNYC,

that's 212-433-9692. You can also text that number. So again, answer any of these three questions in our last 10 minutes

of the show today. Of all things, why did you decide to do something so extreme as to train for

a marathon? Do you think there is such a thing as a marathon personality? Maybe there's a type of

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