In a few hours, the starting gun for Pakistan's 2nd annual Lahore Marathon will go off. Scroll down three posts to read about the chaos let loose by Pakistani protesters against having a "mixed sex" marathon in Lahore.
Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reports that 12,000 policemen--almost one per runner--will line the 26.2 mile course.
Apparently 2005's Lahore Marathon was a peaceful athletic endeavor, but another Pakistani marathon, in Gunjranwala, was disrupted last year when members of an Islamic group through stones at some runners, according to the Khaleej Times.
Proceeds from the Lahore Marathon will go to a relief fund for victims of the recent Pakistani Earthquake.
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