LITTLE ROCK MARATHON: Even top runners struggle with conditions
March 2, 2020 at 6:57 a.m.
by
Pete Perkins
Runners make their way across the Broadway Bridge on March 1, 2020 in the early miles of the Little Rock Marathon. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Staton Breidenthal)
Footraces of 26 miles, 385 yards are hard enough. Toss in multiple hills, high winds and unseasonably warm weather, and the Little Rock Marathon turned into more of a challenge Sunday.
Not even the fastest left unscathed.
Jeremy Provence was the overall winner for the second consecutive year with a time of 2 hours, 42 minutes, 47 seconds. Gryphon Ketterling finished second in 2:47.44, and Nicholas Inniger was third in 2:48.44.
It took Provence, the head coach of the men's and women's cross country programs at North Alabama, several minutes to recover enough to explain the effort required for his repeat.
"It was tough," Provence said. "It was hot and windy. It's not a good day to run a marathon in regards to run a good time, but, I mean, it went well.
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