I'm glad it's back this year. I'm not the least athletic, but I still enjoy watching, both the elite races and the masses, some of the costumes and stories are. great.
Plus I could listen to Andrew Cotter forever, though he's only doing some of it.
One day I'd like to go watch it in person.
The elite athletes look happy but exhausted as they're coming through now. Some of them just stop absolutely dead after crossing the line, they've timed it so perfectly that they have nothing left. I do wonder how they're still able to give a urine sample after running so hard for 26 miles!
I was curious about the wheelchair marathon. When watching bits of the paralympics, you get used to the idea that the person who wins the race isn't necessarily the gold medallist, because it's all about what category they're in and they're not all directly competing with each other. But in the marathon, it seems like they are all just in one category, and the winner is the winner.