Umm, isn't there a reason for those finish line tapes, so that you KNOW that it's over??
(OK maybe the motorcycle hit it here, 0:43s of video).
At least he got his finisher's medal.
What a shiteshow. I watched the first 8 - 10 minutes and bailed. Glad I did. It's going to make the NYC Half tomorrow morning look like an Academy Award winner.
WTF kind of race organizer put that on? You actually have the lead motorcycle go through the finish line? You have hjobby joggers finishing right with the winners? What was even the point of setting up that balloon arch that he mistook for the finish line? It's night time and there are bright lights shining in his eyes...pretty easy to understand his confusion.
the girl won by 41 seconds not 31 seconds please proofread your stuff
Umm, wouldn't you expect there to be a BIG CLOCK at the finish line?
Pretty obvious demarcator, really...
He looks pissed as hell. Feel bad for him. From the moto video it looks like the motorcycle stopped there too. Hope he's doing ok.
Anyone else not been in their right mind at the end of a race?
This is the running equivalent of having a fabulous driver and wedge but a yippy putter.
What is with that maddening music?
Des Linden: "The entire sport" has changed since she first started running Boston.
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Ryan Eiler, 3rd American man at Boston, almost out of nowhere
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon
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