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__NOTOC__ [[File <html><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:328px;"><img alt="" src="http:Tired Runner//www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/paula26.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The bitter taste " width="328" height="238" class="thumbimage" /> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"></div>Paula Radcliffe after dropping out at mile 23 of failurethe Athens' Olympic Marathon. Photo by [<a href="http://wwwnews.bbc.sxcco.huuk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/athletics/profile3589138.stm" class="external text">The full story from the BBC.</mzacha mzacha]a>.]]</div></div></div></html>
I've split this list of the marathon of mistakes into those made on the race itself and those made in training. I focused on mistakes that a specific to the marathon distance, though there is obviously some overlap to other types of racing and running. The prioritization is based on the severity of the mistake combined with the likelihood of it happening.
=Top 10 Marathon Race Mistakes=
