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Sideline Chatter: Plans for an ultramarathon were stopped when his family wanted to light BBQ

And you think your neighbor dog's barking is incessant?

Elisha Nochomovitz _ in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown in France _ ran an entire marathon on his 23-foot apartment balcony in Balma. It took him 6 hours and 48 minutes to complete the roughly 3,000 laps, and a bit of a crowd gathered down below to watch him do it.

"It was about launching a bit of a crazy challenge and bringing a bit of humor, to de-dramatize the confinement situation," he told AP. "(The neighbors) were very understanding."

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