KHALID KHANNOUCHI SUPER FIT &

RUNNING VIRGIN LONDON MARATHON

Editor's note: On Wednesday, LetsRun.com broke the news to the world that American marathon great Khalid Khannouchi was retiring from the sport. Well, we are embarrassed to admit that when we thought we were breaking one of the biggest "LetsRun.com exclusives" in history, we in reality were falling for a hoax put on by Khannouchi. We fell hook, line and sinker for this, as he played us like a violin. We don't high five athletes in the mixed zone or pose with them for pictures, but we really, really want them to like us. We should have verified his retirement story better. Khannouchi is apparently far from retired. As this TV report out of London indicates, Khannouchi is in great shape and a favorite for the 2012 Virgin London Marathon.
A Must Watch Here. 

Video:Khalid Khannouchi To Run 2012 Virgin London Marathon A television report out of London confirms Khannouchi is in for 2012.

LRC LetsRun.com Co-Founders React To Falsely Claiming Khalid Khannouchi Was Retiring Despite their big journalistic gaffe, LetsRun.com co-founders Robert and Weldon Johnson were far from being overly contrite when contacted by independent reporter Sidd Finch, writing on special assignment for LRC. Weldon: "I'm not going to apologize too much. We are the only place remaining in the world where the marathon is treated as a world class, professional sporting event instead of a charity fun run. Similarly, we are the only place left in the world that an all-time great like Khannouchi can retire. When he actually does retire, we hope to be the ones that given him his due publicity."

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