The ING New York City Marathon has come and gone (all over the city), and the winners have been named in a rather exciting event featuring close to 50,000 runners. A ton of people were in attendance, Twitter apps in hand, apparently, as the microblogging service is currently replete with snaps of the action.
Below we’ve assembled a humble gallery of integral moments from the race, including Chilean miner Edison Pena racing through the sunny streets of New York, first-time marathoner Gebre Gebremariam’s epic win, as well as women’s winner Edna Kiplagat speeding toward the finish line.
Over the past few years, we’ve seen several instances of history-in-the-making cropping up on Twitter — from earthquakes to meteors. Today’s documentation marks a much less tragic use of the tool. Unless, of course, you’re one of the myriad losers cursing those who scored a photo finish.
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