Featured Article: Lessons of a Long-Distance Runner
by Dallas Theological Seminary
An official marathon must be exactly 26 miles, 385 yards long. For the average runner with a 28-inch stride, this race requires 58,215 consecutive steps. If running on a high school track, the marathoner would make 105 laps. Every year, tens of thousands of people willingly subject themselves to this physically punishing event, finding great satisfaction in the process.
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