TOKYO (AP) — Chilean miner Edison Pena has finished the Tokyo Marathon, shaving more than 30 minutes off the time he set in New York in his second such race since he was among the 33 men rescued in October.
The 35-year-old Pena had been training more than 6 miles a day and it showed, as he finished the race through the streets of downtown Tokyo in 5 hours, 8 minutes, 19 seconds. In the New York City Marathon, he ran and walked on bad knees to finish in 5 hours, 40 minutes on Nov. 7.
Pena said Sunday that “it was not like the New York Marathon. I didn’t walk; I ran the entire time.”
Pena jogged through tunnels while trapped underground, and word of his dedication inspired NYC Marathon organizers to invite him to watch the race. Instead, he asked to run it.
