John O’Connor is on Beacon Street in Boston and heading down the home stretch.
“Just moving forward,” he said. “One step at a time. Sort of a slow shuffle at this time.”
He’s running behind schedule, it looks like he won’t complete the ultramarathon in 24 hours, it will take him about 25. He expects to complete the race around 7 p.m. His goal was to finish in just one day, but it’s hard to imagine that anybody would hold that against him. He’s in excruciating pain, but he’s determined to finish.
“I did it and I’m the first person to do it,” he said. “You like to say you did it within one day, just a nice ring to it. But don’t get me wrong, I’m not at all focused on that. I’m ecstatic as you would believe.”
