Another person, was a 79-year old man who proudly wore his 50 State t-shirt with "X2" written on the back (these go to people who are in the process of or have completed a marathon in all 50 states. You have to complete at least 10 diffferent states in order to be in the club). As I came up from behind, I asked if he was on his second rotation of the states or if he had completed it twice. He informed me he was doing it for the 3rd time and this was his 152nd marathon!! Not only that but he didn't start running marathons until the age of 63!!! We kept going back and forth during the race and one time as I was passing him he yelled, "Hey Lady! I'll give you $10 if you back off." and a woman yelled back "She'll give you $20 if you back off." I saw him at the finish line where he told me he picked up his speed at the end because he saw an old man in front of him and didn't want to get beat by the old guy. I kept yo-yo-ing with another man and we took turns saying "Tag! Your it!" as we passed each other. There was a couple who were doing the Jeff Gallaway method at a 2/1 ratio. They were doing their first marathon together. I talked to a girl who was not sure why she signed up for the event but she kept pushing on one step at a time. There was another girl who had a huge hot dog hat on her head, she had completed multiple marathons wearing all different food items and had every food you could imagine as a hats and plans to wear a different hat each time. I also ran with another guy who was running his 33rd marathon, he had a t-shirt with all the states listed on the back and crossed off each state as he finished them. I would say that I met at least 30 people, who are all different ages, from different areas of the US and with different athletic abilities. Yet, we all shared the same goal... make it to the finish line!!