Flying Pig Marathon

The Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati was this past Sunday.  I didn't run, but I did make it out to cheer my sister who was running the half marathon.

Runners heading up Gilbert, away from Downtown.  Taken with my iPhone.

UPDATE: I just saw this story and I can't believe it happened!
From Cincinnati.com: Pig goes off-road: Leaders led astray in half marathon

The confusion prevented last year's winner, T.J. Lentz, from having a chance to defend his title. Lentz was in second place when he followed his bicycle guide straight through the intersection at Gilbert Avenue and Elsinore Place in Mount Adams, near mile 11 of the 13.1-mile race. The course, however, turned to the right at Elsinore Place.

The picture above was actually at the intersection that the bicycle guide missed.  He continued down this rode instead of turning right and heading down Reading.  I must have just missed it because I saw the leader go by as I was walking up Reading towards Gilbert.

Greiwe was running in third place when he approached Gilbert and Elsinore. He and his cyclist attempted to turn correctly onto Elsinore, but a police officer there directed them and the two runners behind Greiwe to go straight on Gilbert.

"We ran all the way to Plum Street, and I realized I was well off the course," Greiwe said. "I turned to him and said, 'Can you just get me to the finish line?' "

And that's how Greiwe - after running down Vine Street and through traffic on Third Street - found himself scaling a fence behind the finish line Sunday, hustling his way to a fourth-place finish while running through the finish line in reverse. The fifth-place runner, Jeffrey Hicks was running in the correct direction at the same time.

So, do you actually get credit for coming in third if you've gotten off the course, scaled a fence, and crossed the finish line in reverse?