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AUSTIN, TX -- In an extraordinary finish to the 2015 Austin Marathon and Half Marathon on Sunday, the third female marathon runner to cross the finish line did so by crawling on all fours.

KEYE-TV identifies the woman as Hyvon Ngetich of Kenya. She could be seen leading the pack of elite women at the 23 mile mark, but then she started to lose her drive and fall behind.

By the time she got to the home stretch, her body gave out, but her spirit did not. She began crawling towards the finish line on her hands and knees.

Medics and race volunteers quickly stepped in to offer help, including to put her in a wheelchair, but Ngetich was determined to get across the finish line on her own.

"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," Austin Marathon race director John Conley told KEYE-TV.

Video of her finish: http://abc13.com/sports/austin-marathon-runner-crawls-across-finish-line/519721/

 

[User 479360]

Kudos to her for finishing and doing it with her own strength.

I couldn't even run a quarter of that.

 

[super-famicom]

Man, that's tough. Finishing the race on her own was very courageous.

 

[jond76]

Bad ass. And still came in 3rd in womens. She must have been going turbo the whole way.

 

[IISANDERII]

Awesome gesture by the director too.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Awesome gesture by the director too.

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[SCULLIBUNDO]

The salt third place must have felt.

 

[PartlyCloudlike]

Reminds me of the marathon runner who's body completely shut down. He went to the ground and shit himself. Brown wet streaks ran down his thigh. When looking at his face all you could see was steely determination to finish the race, no matter the cost. But dude you just shit your pants!

 

[striferser]

Awesome!

 

[DeadNames]

I can barely run 5 miles last time I checked.

Good for her.

 

[Slayven]

I have heard people literally shit themselves running these things.

 

[fastmower]

What was her time?

 

[Silkworm]

This story in the OP is not the same but it did remind me of the same sort of determination that Kayla Montgomery displays.

She Collapses In Agony Every Time She Runs A Race, But This Teen With MS Refuses To Stop

It helps me put things in perspective in my own life when I see things that people are able to overcome.

 

[ScottSullivan]

Jesus, at the end of the video, she didn't even know she had crossed, she was so broken mentally and physically, but still had the drive to push her body those last 100 feet or so. Amazing

 

[TheAbsolution]

Damn what a great story.
Nice move by the director.

 

[ErasureAcer]

mgs3salute.gif

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

I mean not really, but I can kinda understand the feeling right now. Been at work 28 hours and counting. Or also that time I tried to row a half marathon.

 

[TheSaddestSort]

That is some drive and dedication right there. Don't think I could do it.

 

[Blargonaut]

Godlike microwave-tier

Her Charm save must be immense

 

[Virus]

Amazing! She seems like WNBA material.

 

[norm9]

Crawling isn't really running though.

 

[Africanus]

Amazing! She seems like WNBA material.

This may be a complement or an insult depending on the person.

 

[Blader]

Jesus, at the end of the video, she didn't even know she had crossed, she was so broken mentally and physically, but still had the drive to push her body those last 100 feet or so. Amazing

I ran Boston a few years ago and was borderline delusional for the last 5 miles. Marathons are motherfuckers.

 

[Husker86]

Second place person saying "I finished the race on my feet and am getting the same prize as her?"

 

[Laughing Banana]

It's an amazing thing but I am not sure it's really fair to the 2nd position gal that she received the same prize money as her.

 

[K.Jack]

This story in the OP is not the same but it did remind me of the same sort of determination that Kayla Montgomery displays.

She Collapses In Agony Every Time She Runs A Race, But This Teen With MS Refuses To Stop

It helps me put things in perspective in my own life when I see things that people are able to overcome.

Holy shit. I couldn't stop the tears when she was asking where her legs were.

 

[Stet]

Second place person saying "I finished the race on my feet and am getting the same prize as her?"

It's an amazing thing but I am not sure it's really fair to the 2nd position gal that she received the same prize money as her.

Distance runners feel a pretty strong kinship. I doubt they'll care besides being proud to have been in the race with her.

 

[ScottSullivan]

It's an amazing thing but I am not sure it's really fair to the 2nd position gal that she received the same prize money as her.

Why would it matter to her if she didn't get any less?

 

[my name is ed]

Distance runners feel a pretty strong kinship. I doubt they'll care besides being proud to have been in the race with her.

Yeah I can't see any runner being bitter over it. I think anyone can respect she put absolutely everything she had out there. Mad respect really.

 

[Loofy]

I have heard people literally shit themselves running these things.

The bloody nipple thing seems freakier.

 

[Laughing Banana]

Distance runners feel a pretty strong kinship. I doubt they'll care besides being proud to have been in the race with her.

Well, hopefully the 2nd position holder does feel that way.

Why would it matter to her if she didn't get any less?

Well, since she managed to do it better than the 3rd gal and yet the latter received the same reward as her due to something else?

 

[Beerman462]

That's some determination, I hope she didn't cause any permanent damage.

 

[Aurongel]

People have died doing just this so I find it odd that she wasn't forcibly removed when she collapsed.

 

[Syph Medwes]

Godlike microwave-tier

holy shit
11/10

 

[Archer]

Total respect.

 

[super-famicom]

Godlike microwave-tier

 

[xbhaskarx]

People have died doing just this so I find it odd that she wasn't forcibly removed when she collapsed.

The risk to her health was worth if for the rest of us slobs to have an inspirational story.

 

[Defuser]

Godlike microwave-tier

I say goddamn lol.