Six-time Stanley Cup champion Mark Messier and Olympic gold medalists Apolo Anton Ohno and Jennie Finch were among the finishers at the New York City Marathon on Sunday.
Messier trained on his own on the roads of Greenwich, Conn., for seven months. He ran for two charities, Tomorrow's Children's Fund and Answer the Call, which supports the surviving family members of 9/11 first responders.
“I just got filled up with inspiration,” said Messier, who turned 50 earlier this year. “I feel great.”
Messier followed in the footsteps of his former teammates Mike Richter and Adam Graves from the 1994 Stanley Cup champion New York Rangers. He finished in a time of 4 hours, 14 minutes, 21 seconds, besting Graves' 2006 time by 13 minutes but falling short of Richter's 2007 mark by nearly 20 minutes.
Ohno, who normally trains for speedskating races that last from 90 seconds to just over two minutes, logged 600 miles in getting ready for the 26.2-mile trek that took him 3:25:14 to complete.
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