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The US Olympic Trials and the Paris Marathon

The Paris Marathon is already going to throw at athletes a challenge that I'll loosely call like a eccentric muscle damage management challenge. You're going to damage your quads coming down and then it's going to be a test to see you can run a fast 10k with fatigue and damaged quads. Then add heat so I think it's good because it means that the Paris Marathon will test something more than just the ability to run a 203 on a flat course in perfect conditions. The US Olympic trials will increase the circumstance, will improve their likelihood of finding that athlete. Do you know any idea what the Florida course looks like? Apparently it's dead flat so what they haven't happened? Well

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