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...mile twenty I met Jake Brederson. Fifty-four years old, this was his twentieth marathon. He ran it once and finished sixty-ninth with a tome of 3:38. That was thirty years ago when there were only two-hundred participants. The rest of his twenty he has walked. One time, his ride did not show up at the finish line, and he did not have any money to get home, so he started walking again...
...Jake picked up a penny. "If it was heads up, that would mean luck, and I would have given it to you, and you would have gotton luck too. I have a gallon jar at home full of coins I've picked up while out walking...
...Jake told me about his father, his two wives, his race-walking days, his charity work, former marathons, the three he didn't finish, the bad year he had in 1974 when he got divorced and worked at a camp-ground, his days as a police officer, the boxing team he coaches, his walking trips to New York and back. He didn't need much encouragement, and I didn't offer much resistance. By this point, I was happy to have someone to keep my mind off my feet...
Again, ten minutes later, a fellow told us we had two miles to go. Jake almost throttled this...
...JAKE'S WOMEN. Neil Simon's most nakedly autobiographical play, opening on Broadway this week, is also his most acidly self-critical. His enduring subject has been the emotional isolation of the artist, and he has never been more acute -- but there is nary a redemptive one-liner in earshot...