This was scooped from the runtrails blog.
Uli Steidl knows there are more differences between a marathon and a 50-miler than the matter of some 24 extra miles.For one, “the marathon hurts a lot more than the 50-miler,” said Steidl, an elite runner who’s one of the top men’s seeds for the Freescale Austin Marathon on Sunday.
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1 Scott // Mar 2, 2006 at 10:47 am
I agree I have run a couple marathons and the hurt like hell for a couple weeks. Running a 50k trail marathon and I feel OK a few days later. The pavement is so bad for you.