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Runner stood out. soon the news started to spread via twitter. i found jesus, new york city marathon. in no time he had a nickname. marathon jesus had me tight in his cross straps, as he ran barefoot in a loincloth, he lugged a foam or cardboard cross. the marathon often attracts runners in costume from elmo to oscar the grouch, even a juggler, but juggling a cross is new for new york. for someone who sure looks like the same guy was spotted at the tokyo marathon last year. while some call this the craziest costume, it seemed more religion on you message than mass ka raid. on the back of the cross were words pray for boston referring to the bombing. as he approached the ten-mile mark, he ran into police, the
Officers confiscated his cross, and a short while later he showed up at the precinct to retrieve it. apparently no cross meant no point in crossing the finish line. the tracker embedded in the bib each runner wears, in this case attached to the cross, shows marathon jesus ending his run at the ten-mile, ma after 1:49 minutes. it was registered to a man from japan. marathon jesus doesn t seem to want to spread the word. he told us i am not the jesus guy. even former baywatch star pamela anderson beat out marathon jesus. pamela at least managed to finish the 26.2 mar athought in 5 hours and 41 minutes, then tweeted out this photo captioned