Mad props to this amazing woman and man. The first place winner in the women's wheelchair race at yesterday's NYC marathon was Amanda McGrory; she broke the record and finished in 1 hour, 50 minutes, 24 seconds! And she's only three years older than me! The winner of the men's wheelchair race was Masazumi Soejima, who became the first man from Japan to win first place in the New York City Marathon. And he was inspired to race for children that had been effected by the disasters in Japan.
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