This video of Japanese runner Natsuki Terada taking a wrong turn at the end of the Tokyo-Hakone ekiden relay marathon has gone viral, with many posters calling Terada a fool for his wayward jaunt. One news commentator said of this: “I’ve never heard of that happening,” but there have been many examples of runners veering off-course in races. The four top finishers were DQed in this race. Note that Terada recovered enough to finish 10th overall in the relays, securing a berth for his team in next year’s race - so not quite the “fail” that many video links are calling it.
And another, this one at the Flying Pig half-marathon:
The most famous of all wrong-turners has to be Mexico’s German Silva in the 1994 New York City Marathon:
So, pay attention to the course...
Johnny Boy
(**with credit to Canadian Running)
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