Beijing Olympics – Women’s Marathon

August 16, 2008 on 10:45 pm | In Entertainment, Some of This Some of That, travel | 2 Comments

(Photo credit: Guo Dayue/Xinhua)
Were you watching the Olympics this afternoon? The women’s marathon took place today and, while I’m not a runner, and certainly not a marathoner, even I could appreciate how big of a lead Tomescu Constantina of Romania had for the last several miles. She headed into the Birdnest Stadium over a full minute ahead of any other runner to win the gold medal.


(Photo credit: Clive Rose/Getty Images)
What amazed me even more was that after she crossed the finish line, she continued to run laps around the stadium, carrying the Romanian flag in celebration. What a run!

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