What's better than choosing not to run today? Laughing about a comedy of errors when other people choose to run. The 1904 Olympics was a discordant backdrop to one of the worst marathons in history, starring a cast of genuinely amazing runners in terrible circumstances.

Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lordan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Mellor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Garcia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strychnine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hicks_(athlete)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andar%C3%ADn_Carvajal

https://olympics.com/fr/olympic-games/st-louis-1904/results/athletisme

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Corey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_marathon

https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/sports-now/story/2010-08-10/sports-legend-revealed-a-marathon-runner-nearly-died-because-of-drugs-he-took-to-help-him-win

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_Summer_Olympics

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-1904-olympic-marathon-may-have-been-the-strangest-ever-14910747/

https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a37039437/1904-olympic-marathon/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitrios_Veloulis

https://www.uselessinformation.org/st_louis_olympics/index.html

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