Bob, what did this finish mean to you emotionally?

Well, I, after the 2022 attempt was actually my second attempt to become the oldest finisher.

The year before, I was chosen, I got into the race, and I made some rookie mistakes early on and did not, uh, balance my nutrition, hydration, and electrolytes in particular very well.

And by the time I hit mile 42, I think it was, I got some severe charley horsing, some calf cramping that, uh, basically knocked me out of the race.

By the time I recovered, I'd missed the first cutoff, official cutoff, which was at 50 miles, so I was out of the race.

So when I came back in 2022, that was actually my second attempt, and I always felt on paper like, uh, it was something I could, I could do, and if it hadn't been for my back just kind of going its own way in 2022, I think I would've finished.

As, like you said, it was 17 minutes over the finish, uh, the allowable time.

So what makes this race so special, and then also so tough?

For 15 years, they thought he was dead.

To do that kind of thing, to, to leave every single thing you ever, ever had behind, everybody you knew behind, and get on a bus penniless and just ride to the end of the line is an act either of incredible cowardice or incredible bravery borne out of desperation.

Bob Becker is the Licking County District Attorney.

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