Bill Iffrig

There is an article in the current issue of Runner's World magazine about Bill Iffrig. This is a special issue on the Boston Marathon's double bomb tragedy. Bill Iffrig is the man who falls down while he is almost by the finish line when the first bombing occurred. It turns out, he is no ordinary man. He is 78 years old, and a very experienced marathoner with more than 40 under his belt!  More amazingly, he can run most races at a sub 8 min/mile pace!  what an inspiration he is!

I looked up his chronos in athlinks. I was very surprised about the chronos this man has.This  man should be famous because of his accomplishments, not because of falling down because of the bombing in Boston. Here's another picture of him, resting after running Spokane after the Boston marathon.