Four years ago, with three miles left of the marathon on a day of unbearable heat in Athens, the world record-holder could go on no longer.
With only a few hours of negotiations left at the marathon United Nations climate change talks in Durban, the European Union's climate chief made an impassioned call to the remaining large economies holding out on a deal to join its plan.
Ann Wells Crandall, Road Runners' longtime chief of marketing strategy, left the group shortly after the marathon was canceled.
Yesterday the talent so apparent to Gebrselassie was plain for all to see as Kebede returned to London and left the world's best marathon field trailing in his wake to complete an emphatic triumph.
Sunday morning was crisp and cool, with the temperature at 42 degrees when the elite runners left the starting gate, providing ideal marathon conditions.
Neither Adams took naturally to diplomatic life, which in the court of Alexander I consisted of a debilitating round of balls, all-night marathons that left the Adamses to crawl from their beds the next afternoon with aching heads and parched throats.
Eighteen of his compatriots have clocked faster marathon times this year, which left the veteran with an uphill battle to earn his place.
Many of those top runners came to New York seeking redemption after either being left off their Olympic teams or being left behind in the marathon at the Summer Games in Sydney, Australia.
Boston officials have announced three ways for people to recover any personal property left behind after the marathon bombing.
And when he stormed into the Bird's Nest for the final quarter-mile, he left decades of the marathon's common wisdom in his wake, too.
