This is where most NYC Marathon runners rip off their bibs: ‘a low point’

Source: New York Post

This is where they admit de feet. The New York City Marathon devolves into a Greek tragedy for ill-prepared runners at an unsuspecting half-mile stretch of the Upper East Side — where quitters are statistically inclined to rip off their racing bibs, The Post has learned. The highest number of runners tap out every year at Mile 18 — a dreaded marker the race organizers have dauntingly dubbed “The Wall.