Letters to the Editor

Give credit to marathoners I won’t sink to argue whether running constitutes a sport-indeed, most people are naturally endowed with an ability to “put one foot in front of the other.” But after three hours and 14 minutes of covering 26.2 miles, followed by six hours in the Beth Israel Emergency Room and a week of struggling to either walk or eat, I feel compelled to address Justin Sharaf ’05’s misguided understanding of what it means to run a marathon. No, running a marathon is not a sporting