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The marathon is all about energy management. I had planned to run it like a track race with strategic surges to blow up my competitors by putting them into oxygen debt, so that is the way I prepared.

Frank Shorter

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Frank Shorter
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: October 31
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Olympic Athlete
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München
Frank Charles Shorter
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