Just beyond the crest of the Verrazano- Narrows Bridge, a mile into last November's ING New York City Marathon, a group of Americans ran in the lead of the men's elite race. Twenty meters back, the African-dominated main field, which included three former New York champions, looked unconcerned by the American charge. Moments later, a Massachusetts native and first-time New York entrant named Nate Jenkins took the lead. In a press trailer near the finish line, the move caught NBC race analyst Tom Feuer by surprise. "Who is that?" Feuer asked. "What's he doing at the front?" Somebody called out Jenkins' name. Feuer didn't recognize it. He looked back to a bank of television monitors showing a live feed of the race. "He's huge," Feuer said. "He's as big as I am."
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