Would you be able to run 2 or 3 km without huffing or panting and gasping for breath? Well there are many who can and imagine what it must be like running a marathon. You definitely need to be fit as a fiddle to run a marathon where training and preparation should be done weeks in advance.
People run marathons to win, however you’ll be surprised at the display of humanity in sport where there are selfless runners who wouldn’t think twice of going out of their way to help someone in need even though it meant affecting their own time. This is one such story of sportsmanship where runners helped a fatigued lady in the love run half marathon, a regular event in Philadelphia.
Marathons are a grueling test of your physical faculties as well as the human spirit. Marathon runners make it look very simple but that’s because they have been practicing daily and adapted to participating in such frequent event.
During the Philadelphia love run half marathon held on March 26th 2017 just a few days ago. An annual event in Philly, almost 10,000 individuals take part and everyone receives a perk. This year’s Marathon saw some dramatic events unfolding when one female runner’s legs gave out just before she could reach the finish line. She kept trying but just couldn’t make it.
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Fortunately for her, a man noticed her predicament and offers his shoulder for her to lean on despite knowing his own time would be affected. Another participant joined in from the other side and together they propped her up so that she could take a few steps more. Yet she still found it difficult.
It was both amusing and heartening then to see one man carry the woman in his arms just upto the finish line so she could take those few steps across it herself. Several runners passed them, yet those helping seemed unfazed as they knew it was the right thing to do. They were indeed displaying sportsman ship no doubt, but above all they were displaying what is lacking in the world today, humanity.
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The three men helped this fatigued lady in the love run half Marathon. They never knew her but yet they helped her complete the race. All four of the runners completed the marathon less than two hours. Watch the beautiful video.