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The Longest Marathon Run in the World - 54 Years, 8 Months, 6 Days, 8 Hours and 32 Minutes

The year was 1912, Shizo Kanakuri was running for Japan’s very first Olympic team at the Stockholm games. During the race, Shizo dropped out from heat exhaustion and spent the next hour in a nearby garden enjoying refreshments and visiting wih the owners. Embarrassed, he never completed the race and disappeared back to Japan. [...]

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