Carl Lewis Running The Houston Marathon

Carl Lewis announced to Sports Illustrated last week his intention to run the Houston marathon to celebrate turning 50 years old.
He turns 50 in July of 2011, so he's running Houston  in January of 2012, a mere 19 months away.
And he doesn't intend to train for it.
A 50 y-o former sprinter running a marathon without training for it. That will go well I'm sure. He better not walk it. He's really beyond embarrassing himself at this point anyway though.

The greatest sprinter of all time is ready to run his first marathon. Carl Lewis says he will celebrate his 50th birthday by running the open portion of the 2012 Houston Marathon.
Lewis trained in Houston under coach Tom Tellez, while winning nine Olympic gold medals between 1984 and 1996. But Lewis insists there will be no training this time. "I'm not doing any 20-mile runs to prepare for it," Lewis told SI. "And I won't be running for time. This is something I want to do once."
Lewis said he wants to try a new challenge in his life each year after he turns 50. His strategy: "I'm going to wait until the last hundred meters and then pass some people so I can get one of those finish-line photos," he says.

Link to SI.

 So mark your calendars. Your 2012 calendars.