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If you?re running a marathon without training, bring Band-Aids

You?re joking with friends about how running is an exercise, not a sport, and bravado gets the best of you. You agree to run a full marathon in exchange for a bottle of vodka and another of Kahlua. But can you imagine actually going through with the bet? Joe Vanden Avond, a 21-year-old student from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., did yes, he was at a bar at the time.