It’s not easy to complete a marathon, even if you’re a world class runner from Africa.
Kenyan Hyvon Ngetich was in first place of the elite women category when at the 23-mile mark she ran out of gas, collapsing near the finish line soon later. But instead of giving up, Ngetich began to crawl, even refusing to use a wheelchair. She still finished third.
Austin Marathon race director John Conley said to Ngetich, “You ran the bravest race and crawled the bravest crawl I have ever seen in my life. You have earned much honor, and I am going to adjust your prize money, so you get the same prize money you would have gotten if you were second.”
Ngetich’s personal marathon best is an astounding 2:34:42.
Josh Helmuth is the editor of CraveOnline Sports.
