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Originally Posted by 4th and Long
Richtman, who attended Montana State University, triumphed despite running in just his second marathon.
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I bet that caught some people by surprise. I think those elite runners all know of each other and scout out the competition from the registrations.
I ran the Pike's Peak Ascent once (very, very hard race), and the winner was a complete unknown. He was some snowboarder dude who'd gotten injured and couldn't snowboard, so he started running. If I remember right, he led the race from wire to wire. One of the well-known elite runners said afterwards something like, "I saw him bolt out early and just figured he was some joker who would fade back into the pack after the first mile. But he never faded."
It would be really cool to have an immense talent where you can just start a sport and be elite at it from Day One.