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2231.882 - 2252.216 Ben Gilbert

Running for pleasure, running for exercise, running for endorphins, running to live better and longer, these were things that were unheard of. People went out of their way to mock runners. Drivers would slow down and honk their horns. Get a horse, they'd yell, throwing a beer or soda at the runner's head. And he goes on to say that Johnson had many sodas thrown at his head while he was out running.