We know that marathons take their name and sole-crushing length from the dubious tale of a Greek messenger who promptly croaked after running 26.2 miles from the Battle of Marathon to Athens. If runners in this Sunday's New York City Marathon have nothing more than a finish line collapse to look forward to, they might as well ditch the noble "fitness" thing in honor of some Big City sinning with the following pit stops along the grueling route: More»