GUY MISTAKENLY RUNS A FULL MARATHON

Mike Kohler signed up for a half-marathon last Saturday, part of the Sanford Fargo Marathon. He ran the 10K last year and the 5K the year before that. But Kohler wasn’t paying full attention. He thought the full and half marathons started at the same time, at 7 a.m. In reality, the half-marathon started 15 minutes later. Wearing headphones, Kohler wasn’t listening closely to the starting announcements. When they said ‘go,’ he went. At one point, following the crowd, Kohler turned north. Half-marathoners were supposed to go south. Kohler started getting suspicious after seeing course markings that said “full marathon only.” At mile eight, he fully realized his mistake. Kohler thought about stopping at 13.1 miles, but he was feeling pretty good, and convinced himself to continue. He completed the 26.2 miles in 5:54:26.
* Well, he WAS in Far…go…
* Should you congratulate somebody for being stupid?
* The good news: Now he can skip the next two partial marathons.
* Another half hour and he would have escaped North Dakota into Minnesota and been free at last.
* Later, he tried to drive home and ended up in Bismarck.