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Let's Complain About How The L.A. Marathon Is Ruining Our Day
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Every year as the L.A. marathon approaches, we hear all sorts of heart-warming stories of people who have overcome the odds whether that's multiple sclerosis or jerk ex-fiancés. But when the day arrives, it's a chance for the rest of us mere mortals (who are more into marathon mimosas than marathons) to complain about just how hard it is to deal with the music, the street closures and even just the idea that people are voluntarily subjecting themselves to this.
Hey LA Marathon. Why don't you divide the city in half and make it impossible to navigate an already impossible city. Oh sh*t! You did!
— Candice Muller (@zoycight) March 17, 2013
LA MARATHON. I HATE YOU! not really, but really. http://t.co/uY3ya4CNba
— j0esdaily.eth (@JoesDaily) March 17, 2013
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Ugh. LA Marathon this morning means getting into Santa Monica for a st pats/housewarming/brunch is gonna suuuuuuck.
— JasonPickar on tiktok (@jasonpickar) March 17, 2013
UGH, good luck to those running, but the LA Marathon is KILLING my Sunday plans: http://t.co/Ozc47OBt35 #RUNNINGSUCKS
— Tiffany Easton (@tweaston) March 15, 2013
Ugh! Fucken LA Marathon fucked up my bus schedule!
— JayB. (@blancas_joseph) March 17, 2013
I hate trying to drive through the city on marathon day
— Garry 'Prophecy' Sun (@prophecyhiphop) March 17, 2013
This LA marathon is so rediculous....go run in the valley or something
— W (@WILLIAMLA310) March 17, 2013
Time to get out of LA b4 the Marathon shuts down Santa Monica tomorrow. Why can't they just run in a circle around the track at UCLA?
— Jay R. Wilson (@JayRWilsonUSA) March 16, 2013
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Some of us are trapped inside some Alanis Morissette-style irony of not being able to work out because of being working out:
stupid LA marathon I can't even get home from the gym
— Julianna (@MzJuJu58) March 17, 2013
LA Marathon preventing me from getting to my beloved spin class. :( pic.twitter.com/meAdJY2H7R
— Dr. Jenn Mann (@drjennmann) March 17, 2013
Some of us just feel literally trapped:
thank you la marathon for literally trapping me inside my home
— Fiona Dourif (@fionadourif) March 17, 2013
I hate the LA marathon. The finish line is literally outside of my apartment.
— aves BLACK LIVES MATTER (@averym88) March 15, 2013
But, hey, some of us have been able to make the marathon work for us:
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Street Closures for the 2013 Asics L.A. Marathon
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