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(SOUNDS OF BREATH AND POUNDING FEET)
♪ MUSIC ♪
(MALE STUDENT) WE ARE LSU MARATHONERS.
WE KNOW THIS TOWN BETTER THAN ANYONE.
NOT JUST BECAUSE WE GO TO SCHOOL HERE
BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE RUN MILES AROUND THIS TOWN.
(FEMALE STUDENT) FROM THE LEVEE TO THE LAKES,
FROM THE STATE CAPITOL TO THE CLOCK TOWER,
WE LSU MARATHONERS HAVE RUN IT.
(MALE STUDENT) WE'VE RUN IT THROUGH SUNRISES AND SUNSETS,
WE HAVE RUN IT IN THE HOT AND DRY AND COLD AND WET.
WE LSU MARATHONERS HAVE RUN IT.
(FEMALE STUDENT) MANY OF US DID NOT CONSIDER OURSELVES
RUNNERS, BUT FROM EARLY JANUARY TO LATE APRIL,
WE BECAME LSU MARATHONERS.
(MALE STUDENT) WE LEARNED TO RUN THROUGH THE PAIN,
WE LEARNED TO PUSH OURSELVES, WE LEARNED TO LET OUR LEGS RUN.
WE LEARNED TO BE LSU MARATHONERS.
(FEMALE STUDENT) WE HAVE COME TO ACCEPT THE BLISTERS ON OUR FEET.
WE HAVE COME TO ACCEPT THE CONSTANT SORENESS. WE HAVE COME
TO ACCEPT THE SACRIFICES OF BEING LSU MARATHONERS.
(MALE STUDENT) WE CHANGED THE THINGS WE EAT AND DRINK.
WE CHANGED THE SHOES AND CLOTHES WE WEAR.
WE CHANGED OUR SCHEDULES TO FIT IN HOURS UPON HOURS OF RUNNING.
WE CHANGED TO BECOME LSU MARATHONERS.
(MALE STUDENT) WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!!
(VOICES) TO RUN...RUN!... RUN!...RUN!... RUN!...RUN!...
RUN!...RUN!... RUN!...RUN!... RUN!...RUN!... RUN!...RUN!...
RUN!...RUN!... RUN!...RUN!... RUN!...RUN!... RUN!...RUN!...
(MALE STUDENT) WE RUN TOGETHER.
(FEMALE STUDENT) WE HELP EACH OTHER.
(MALE STUDENT) WE MOTIVATE EACH OTHER.
(MALE STUDENT) WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S PAIN.
(FEMALE STUDENT) AND KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE IN OURS.
(FEMALE STUDENT) NOW LSU MARATHONERS FINISH.
(SOUNDS OF CHANTS) LSU! LSU! LSU! LSU! LSU! LSU! LSU!