here is stupid and then there is the decision by officials at Sunday’s Los Angeles Marathon to award “finisher” medals to untold numbers of people who ran 18 miles instead of the prescribed 26.2.

Organizers said heat prompted the move. Even at the beach, by late morning it was nearly 80 degrees, or 27-ish degrees Celsius. Inland, along the course, it was for sure hotter.

So what? 

The idea that someone should get rewarded for 18 instead of 26.2 reflects the very worst sort of snowflake culture run, if you will, amok —  you’re so special because you tried, gosh darn it.