RUNNERS WORLD. Merga, who is far from the most graceful runner to start with, was visibly straining as he pushed on the hills. He looked back frequently, and later noted that he was surprised that Cheruiyot was very quickly nowhere to be seen. Cresting Heartbreak Hill in the 21st mile, he looked back again, and then again at Cleveland Circle in the 23rd mile. Through a translator, Merga later related, “After 40K, I looked behind and saw nobody was there. Then I knew I would win.”...
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