Richard J. Gannon II, 31
When the elder Gannon pulled a hamstring with six miles to go in a marathon he was running with his son, the boy, then 9, ran on. A police officer who tried to get him to stop told his father: "You must be so proud of that kid -- he's running on pure guts."
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