Amateur runner Dean Irvine, recently completed a half-marathon and says before he started running he went to a specialty running store where the staff watch you run up and down the street outside so they recommend shoes that are correct for the runner's gait.

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For both his friends and his foes, the main point is that he still indulges in extremes worthy of a street-fighter: he has a powerful ego, and is a former marathon runner who has lost (and regained) considerable amounts of weight.

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