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The Coldest Marathon How cold is too cold for a jog？For most people，below－freezing temperatures generally put a stop to outdoor exercise，but Siberian native Boris Fyodorov is not most people. Minutes after the calendar ticked over to 2014 this past New Year’s Eve，Fyodorov set off on a solo，out－and－back marathon run from his home in the Siberian village of Oymyakon，completing the 26.2－mile course—his first marathon—in just over five hours.During the run he experienced temperatures as low as －38 ℃. And that was just the way he wanted it.“I heard about other marathons around the globe，naming the