VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-11-01
“With 5k left I felt like I had the legs today … I saw I had a pretty big gap [near the end of the race] and thought: ‘OK, just enjoy these last few hundred meters’, because this is not something a lot of people get to experience.”
Andreas Almgren · said 2026-11-01 · reported 2026-11-01
Almgren described his feelings after pulling away to win his first marathon.
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