Former UA Athlete

[olddog71]

I don't know whether I should place this announcement in the spring or fall sports. It appeared on the online version of the Miami Herald regarding today's Miami Marathon/Half Marathon. To give you an idea of the scale of the event, 23,000 runners participated.

 

"The runner-up in the half marathon was Ethan Clary, 27, of Doral. Clary, a former NCAA runner at the State University of New York at Albany, finished in 1:09:58."

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/article129449119.html#storylink=cpy

[olddog71]

I apologize for posting twice on the topic, but I did not read enough into the relatively short article. Here's more news on Clary. My thoughts go out to Mrs. Clary and family.

 

"As is often the case, the back stories of some of the top runners were more intriguing than the competition itself. Clary, for example, was told on Friday night that his mother, back in their family home in Albany, had suffered a stroke. He was in the airport by 4 a.m. Saturday for the first flight out, then returned on a 5:50 p.m. flight after seeing his mother and learning she had not sustained serious complications and was going to be OK.

Clary said she demanded he return to South Florida for the race.

His plane was delayed and he didn’t get back to Miami until midnight — six hours before the start.

“I was in a panic the whole time,’’ Clary said. “But it was a mild stroke.’’

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/article129449119.html#storylink=cpy