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the talk of the 2-Hour Marathon rises like some Kubrickian obelisk heralding the coming of a new age. Most recently, NYRR featured a Head to Head between English commentator Tim Hutchings and ex-USA Today scribe Dick Patrick - and, boy, don't we miss his presence at the national rag? In Dick's heyday in the 1980s through the 2000's, each of the American marathon majors in Boston, Chicago and New York City would receive a full-page sport's section preview with course map, athlete bios, and pace charts in the Friday edition before the race. This past October 5th USA Today printed not one word about the marathon in Chicago. It's another striking confirmation how a once vibrant sport has been sundered by flatulent fun-run and charity fund-raising spectacles.

Full article: http://www.runblogrun.com/2012/10/sub-20000-do-the-math-b...

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