Celebrities, including Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Hart, have gone the distance and completed 26.2-mile races.

After witnessing the New York City Marathon as a spectator, Reynolds decided to give it a go in 2008. Ahead of his first big race, he penned an essay for the Huffington Post, using humor to explain why he chose to run.

“Every other day I train. I run like a bastard all morning. Not since the discovery of Junior High School has a torture been so effective,” he wrote in November 2008. “Why on earth would I willfully do this? Let it be known at the outset, I am not a runner. I am a running joke. Waking up at 4:30 a.m. and jogging anywhere from 11 to 23 miles has been nothing short of horrifying.”

The Green Lantern actor continued: “Although, I’ve never given birth to a professional ba

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