I HEREBY announce my arrival as a Great Event in the world of sports. The future is now, and I am it: My running of the marathon in St. George, Utah, on October 1, 2005, is an achievement for the ages.
What was my time? Impertinent question! You are so conventional, with your petty thoughts of times and rankings, your unimaginative concern for who “finished first.” I did not “finish first,” but I did undergo much suffering, more than any rational person would inflict on himself, and that is the operative point. My pain is my achievement.
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