And once again he'll attempt to set a new personal-best time for a marathon.įor most of his life Sergeant Mancuso judged marathon runners to be fanatics. But on April 19, he'll stand at the starting line again, just one competitor amongst a sea of runners who will challenge Boston.
As bad as the muscle cramps were, they couldn't keep him from walking.Īfter living through such a horrific experience, no one could blame Sergeant Mancuso if he never attempted another marathon again. It took 22 excruciating minutes, but he eventually crossed that line. Of course, he grimaced as his goal of a setting a personal record vanished, but after running 25 miles, he told himself there was no way he'd stop before the finish line. Most people might have given up at that point, but not the Schriever sergeant. Reeling from pain and exhaustion, he tried to run again, but realized then that his muscles simply would not cooperate. His leg muscles locked up.įorced to stop, he walked over to a barrier on the side of the course and tried unsuccessfully to loosen his cramping limbs. As he passed the 25-mile marker he began to feel the effects of dehydration and sodium depletion. He felt fine for the race's first 18 miles, when his injury sent him a short reminder, but running uphill for those last eight miles took a toll on his body.
"I used it, felt pretty comfortable running with it, and then set out to not only finish the race, but run a personal best." "My doctor told me about a support device," the sergeant, assigned to Det. Matthew Mancuso knew going into last year's Boston Marathon that two injuries might keep him from finishing the event.ĭiagnosed with injuries requiring surgery in February of 2009, Sergeant Mancuso elected to delay corrective surgery until after the world-renowned event, which he would be running for the second time.
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