Marathon: A Course of His Own
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Outside Magazine, February 1995
Marathon: A Course of His Own Visitors get lost in New York every day. On November 6 it was German Silva’s turn. Unfortunately, the 26-year-old runner from Mexico was leading the New York Marathon at the time, only 0.8 mile from the finish — and a new Mercedes Benz plus $20,000 in prize money. The confusion came as he and countryman Benjamin Paredes, having dropped the pack, ran west on Central Park South. |