5-minute mile 'blurs' at about mile 5.
You need a really fast shutter speed on the old camera to even think about catching up with these guys. Or maybe a car.
Ryan Hall and pals after running up Harlem Hill for the first of five times. I get tired just looking at this image, much less running up Harlem Hill once.
Khalid Khannouchi, behind the pack at the front, but still kicking it ‘like he just don’t care’. Eventually, he came in fourth, just missing the chance to qualify for the U.S. men’s Olympic team. I hate when that happens.
As close as I could get to the finish line. Everybody’s watching winner Ryan Hall coming through up ahead…
Meb Keflezhigi at chip removal after finishing, certainly looking better than I do after a marathon, or anything else, for that matter.
Jumbotron action at the finish line, everybody’s watching TV instead of watching runners. Welcome to the U. S. of A.!
So after checking the final results, about 34 of the approximately 140 entrants ‘DNF’ed. That includes speedy folks like Alan Culpepper. On some marathon days it’s not happening, and it must’ve been tough to work hard and train and go out there and still have to drop out. But it makes me feel better about my own races that turn bad, and that it can happen to anyone, even to guys far faster than I’ll ever be.
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