Crawling to end of the finish line: Overdone?

Hey look at me! wrote:

Dude ran two sub-3 hour marathons last year but had to "crawl" the last 15 feet while finishing at 3:38?

He hit the half split at 1:22.

Seems like dude was trying to be a youtube celeb.

I think he is amazing. He probably has a queue of girls after him because of this.

His PR half marathon on strava is only a 1:25, so if he went out in 1:22 for a full then he probably legitimately blew up. Probably got sucked into the atmosphere the first half. Easy thing to do.

Crawling has to take more energy than walking. If you blew up, walking to the line will be easier than crawling.

Hey look at me! wrote:

Dude ran two sub-3 hour marathons last year but had to "crawl" the last 15 feet while finishing at 3:38?

He hit the half split at 1:22.

Seems like dude was trying to be a youtube celeb.

I didn't catch how far he crawled in the article, but if it was only 15 feet it was probably worth it; much further and he should have taken the DNF.

walking is easier wrote:

Crawling has to take more energy than walking. If you blew up, walking to the line will be easier than crawling.

The article was skimpy on details but I'm guessing he couldn't walk.

bcsdm wrote:

His PR half marathon on strava is only a 1:25, so if he went out in 1:22 for a full then he probably legitimately blew up. Probably got sucked into the atmosphere the first half. Easy thing to do.

Marines are tougher than they are smart.

Hey look at me! wrote:

Dude ran two sub-3 hour marathons last year but had to "crawl" the last 15 feet while finishing at 3:38?

He hit the half split at 1:22.

Seems like dude was trying to be a youtube celeb.

Another article in the Boston Globe... Supposedly, it was to honor his fallen comrades during the War in Afghanistan:

^^^ Sorry, I misread... It was the Washington Post;)

The antics of a drama queen imo.

As noted above, it's a homage not personal drama.

walking is easier wrote:

Crawling has to take more energy than walking. If you blew up, walking to the line will be easier than crawling.

100% true. This is pure look at me attention seeking. Shameful. Especially if this guy is former military.

like that Mexican pilgrimage. wrote:

As noted above, it's a homage not personal drama.

The reality is that he is making this about him.

Go to any 100 mile race where people finish with all kinds of various issues/injuries and no one is crawling across the finish line. It is way more work to get down onto the ground and drag yourself than it is to walk/hobble and would take considerably longer.

Really lame wrote:

like that Mexican pilgrimage. wrote:

As noted above, it's a homage not personal drama.

The reality is that he is making this about him.

Exactly, it was all about him and he got his moment, even if he had to stoop to acting (drama).

You guys just made it about you.

This thread is disrespectful to The Troops.

Please delete!!!!

Just to clear some things up, because I'm not sure it was clear, no articles are saying this runner was intentionally crawling "to honor his fallen comrades". He was running the race to honor is fallen comrades but his legs gave up and he fell about 50 feet from the finish.

I am a photographer and was on the photobridge at the finish line most of the race. I saw this runner and about 10 others collapsing anywhere from 10-100 feet away from the finish line. The vast majority of the runners were in the 2:45-3:30 finish time range which was early afternoon when it was about 70 degrees, sunny, and very humid. (Myself just standing on the photobridge stripped my jacket and sweater down to just my T-shirt until about 3:30 when the storm rolled in).

All other runners that collapsed welcomed the help from fellow runners or medical staff who would literally drag or outright carry the fallen runners the remaining short distance at which time the medical staff would pile them onto wheelchairs. At least 2 runners were whisked away on ambulance-style gurneys without being able to "finish" due to their condition (I assume medical staff make the decision based on mental wherewithal and consciousness).

This particular marine runner was the ONLY runner that I saw collapse who refused anyone's help. If he felt that he had to do it 100% himself in order to properly pay homage to his fellow marines, let him do that. It's up to him. To think that he somehow contrived the entire incident along with the media for his own gain is fair-fetched at best.

May be cerebral edema related to hyponatremia.