Best Reason to Run the LA Marathon?

I'm getting ready to go watch the LA marathon and channel 4 has a policeman on who is running today. He explained that his inspirations for running are two cops that ran last year and died during the race of heart attacks.

Call me cynical but if I was looking for reasons NOT to run, that would be my inspiration.

Not to worry though because the newsman on 4 announced after that story that there will be portable defibulators (sp?) along the course. Yay!