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Approximately
800 meters from the start/finish area, runners had
to go down a steep hill...
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...across
a bridge that covered a drainage ditch, and up the
other side.
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The
mud made this particularly challenging.
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Meb
Keflezighi and Alan Culpepper continue to run together
on the third lap.
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Though
one would occasionally get a slight edge over the
other, there were few clues...
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...as
to how the race would turn out...
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...though
it seemed certain that one would finish first and
the other second.
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Abdi
Abdirahman continued to run alone in third place on
the third lap.
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After
a couple laps, he didn't seem to be chasing the leaders...
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...he
seemed to just be trying to get through the race.
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