"I was doing well, I wasn't tired, but at mile 17 my knees collapsed, and I had to walk the last five miles," Rosen said.
Rosen has run half-marathons competitively, but yesterday was his first experience tackling the full 26.2 miles.
Rosen started off strong, but then a knee injury from March caught up with him.
Rosen, who finished with a time of 4:01.56, said the last six miles took him an hour and 15 minutes.
"I was refreshed from walking but I couldn't bend my leg," he said.
Despite Rosen's disappointing performance, he said he still had fun and his hopes for the future remain high.
"I'll get out there next year and try to qualify in the fall," he said.
After running a disappointing first marathon in Rhode Island this fall, Natalie M Bowman '99 was especially pleased with her performance yesterday, as her time qualifies her for next year's race.
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