..But now that I think about it, I think those are the only 2 10 milers around here - but there are probably a 10 to a dozen half marathons....

There you go......you can come across the occasional 10 miler (or duathlon....or a real grocery store....or somone who can do mental arithmetic etc etc) but they've become something of an oddity. It's like they're even rarer than someone who comes last in a race!

I think it's quite strange but I feel better knowing I'm not the only person who remembers that 10 miles was once a bone fide race distance.