In view of John Goldstein's excellent presentation last Wednesday on the origins of the Gold Coast Marathon...How can you tell that someone has run a Marathon? Don't worry! They'll tell you!
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. George Orwell. [OK, even though the Pies caused the Suns some considerable disgruntlement on Sunday, still, George Orwell's assessment was perhaps just a tad too heavy... ☺ Ed.]
You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.