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Br J Sports Med 2005;39:879
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  1. P McCrory

      What ever happened to strychnine and brandy as a beneficial health tonic? I only ask because it seems to have gone out of favour of late.

      Perhaps the most famous use of this cocktail occurred just over 100 years ago. In the 1904 Olympic Marathon, 31 runners lined up at the start in temperatures above 32 degrees Celsius. Some of the runners were veterans of previous marathons but a number of runners had never competed in distance races. The Greek team apparently could not afford to bring any marathon runners to the Olympics and therefore managed to persuade nine Greek emigrants living locally to enter the race despite the fact …

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