Marathon Hottie Wins Third, But First In My Heart

The New York City Marathon was today, and if watching skinny people put their bodies through hell isn’t your cup of tea, then you missed the emergence of a new star in women’s distance running, and she’s pretty easy on the eyes.

Kara Goucher

Kara Goucher, a native New Yorker, didn’t win the race — she was third. But looking at these photos, is it any surprise the cameras focused on her all morning? (More pics after the jump.)

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Runners To Take The Browns To The Super Bowl

The New York City Marathon is tomorrow, which means there’s an awful lot of carbo-loading going on as we speak. But all that pasta has to go somewhere. Enter A Royal Flush, which will provide 2,250 port-a-potties for 39,000 runners.

Toilets

“It’s not a glamorous business,” company president Bill Malone told the NEW YORK TIMES as he oversaw the placement of 1,660 “portable restrooms” near the race’s start in Staten Island. Without them the runners would go just anywhere, and make Staten Island smell…well, pretty much the same. (Get the straight poop, after the jump.)

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