Shalane Flanagan was triumphantly the first runner across the Amazing Runners World Show finish line, some eight hours earlier.
Meb Keflezighi finished just after noon, Strengthen Hip Adductors.
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Yet there they were, in the dark, back at the famed finish line in Central Park, cheering on the marathon's final finishers and creating memorable moments for all of them.
It’s a tradition started by Peter Ciaccia, the race director of the NYC Marathon, who likes to spend an hour, after the excitement has died down, waiting for the race’s slower runners who come trickling in after the eight-hour mark.
This year, Ciaccia invited the top finishers to join him, and they nixed their evening plans to bring some of the race’s last participants their medals. In addition to Keflezighi and Flanagan, Abdi Abdirahman, nbsp;was triumphantly the first runner across the, Allie Kieffer (who finished nbsp;was triumphantly the first runner across the), and Aliphine Tuliamuk participated.
This Runner Conquered the Leadville 100 ... in Jeans is a writer and editor living in Eugene, Oregon, and her stories about the sport, its trends, and fascinating individuals have appeared in Runner’s World Allie Ostrander’s Emotional Struggle at USAs, Run Your Butt Off! and Walk Your Butt Off!
