What the strangest thing anyone has said to you about the big one

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Hills of Death (HOD) Apr 2017 9:12pm, 21 Apr 2017 33,339 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) I remember back in 2009 i think before doing the London Marathon this guy I was working with on the Saturday said about me doing the marathon the next day. I suppose you will out doing lots of running and practicing today WTF
FergusG Apr 2017 9:17pm, 21 Apr 2017 1,165 posts	0 FergusG "How far is it?"
Night-owl Apr 2017 9:23pm, 21 Apr 2017 28,018 posts	0 Night-owl Have you done it?
Oranj Apr 2017 10:04pm, 21 Apr 2017 448 posts	0 Oranj Are you running "The marathon"? (as though there was only one)
@Madhousehold Apr 2017 7:39am, 22 Apr 2017 1,671 posts	0 @Madhousehold Someone at work expressed surprise that I was not running "the" marathon this year, and when I said I didn't get a place in the ballot, said "oh I thought everybody just turned up and ran? " to which I replied "what all 36,000 of them?" "Oh well I never thought you had to book in advance! "
Diogenes Apr 2017 7:48am, 22 Apr 2017 22,474 posts	0 Diogenes Idiot on train full of people in running gear from Waterloo East to start: "There are lots of people here, do you think they are all running it?"
Hills of Death (HOD) Apr 2017 11:57am, 22 Apr 2017 33,341 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) Someone said to me today at the end of my long run you running tomorrow (and they are a runner PMSL)
daisyjess Apr 2017 12:54pm, 22 Apr 2017 48 posts	0 daisyjess So a half marathon is 13 miles... how long is a marathon?
Captain Malcolm Reynolds Apr 2017 2:16pm, 22 Apr 2017 740 posts	0 Captain Malcolm Reynolds London's the longest marathon, isn't it?
Hills of Death (HOD) Apr 2017 2:17pm, 22 Apr 2017 33,344 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) It's the only one 😉