Where there is NO wheel. There is still a way!

November 2, 2015 10:37 AM

The Pease brothers, from Atlanta, GA, completed the New York City Marathon yesterday, against the odds. Kyle Pease has cerebral palsy, and his right rear wheelchair tire disintegrated at mile 12.
posted by roomthreeseventeen (8 comments total)

It's....dusty in here.....
posted by pjern at 11:00 AM on November 2, 2015

yeah it is.
posted by garlic at 11:31 AM on November 2, 2015

They were really flying before the wheel came off! 8 minute miles for the first half are nothing to sneeze at running all on your own never mind when pushing someone.
posted by srboisvert at 12:23 PM on November 2, 2015 [2 favorites]

Here's to Amy from Maryland and Cameron from NYC who I'm sure didn't wake up planning to help carry someone through the race. Three cheers.
posted by allkindsoftime at 1:06 PM on November 2, 2015 [7 favorites]

OH man. Humans, sometimes I love you.
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 2:57 PM on November 2, 2015 [1 favorite]

Something similar happened at a half-marathon my dad was in a few years ago. He was being pushed in a wheelchair as part of a special ALS awareness thing by a high school track team. About half way through, one of the front wheels busted.

He was put into a van back to where the ALS group was stationed, and some industrious guy co-opted a shopping cart wheel as a replacement wheelchair wheel. Then my dad finished the race!

It's hard to not remember this without smiling.
posted by 90s_username04 at 4:37 PM on November 2, 2015 [1 favorite]

That was awesome, thanks.
posted by chapps at 11:50 PM on November 2, 2015

I must have gotten some of Nate's peppers in my eyes.
posted by ElDiabloConQueso at 5:41 AM on November 3, 2015