Laz,

I posted that article last night to my Facebook page, Charm actually posted it on these forums earlier today. Hitchens was a very talented and intelligent man and he will be missed.

As for marathons sadly they are not in the cards for me. A side effect of my mandiblectomy is my left foot (where they harvested my fibula and muscle tissue to rebuild my face) now does not have full range of motion. It's a condition called Drop Foot and even with orthotics it will not correct the issue. Where I used to run decent distance time due to wrestling, I've never ran more then ten miles at a stretch nor timed it when I did. I'm suited for more short and medium distance running due to my build, distances are for the more slender builds in my opinion.
I will tackle the plank time after the holidays and I sweat off my eggnog belly.

Brian, I've learned to never say never but in this case...never.

Eric