This is the kind of story I usually cover with "Stupid News" on The Shark Morning Show. The fact that it happened in NH makes it all the more embarrassing.

Around Mile 24 of 26.2 (?), the only signage that the first three runners leading the race had to guide them was this cryptic symbol painted on the road that I've recreated through an illustration below.

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Apparently, this wasn't enough information for the runners to know that they should have turned around and ran in the other direction. On top of this, my theory is that the wind was so strong that it blew piles of leaves...well... on top of this, and the symbol probably looked more like the following picture.

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I cannot imagine the frustration of leading a race for 24 miles to just have it all end, literally, on a dead end street. For whatever reason, I just can't get this Monty Python sketch out of my mind.

 

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