The men's marathon had an unofficial entrant join the race at this year's Commonwealth Games after a member of the public tried to go stride-for-stride against some of the world's best runners.
Birmingham opened its streets to the elite on Saturday when Victor Kiplangat secured Uganda's first Commonwealth gold in the marathon. The feat was all the more impressive given he briefly went the wrong way, only to beat the competition by 94 seconds anyway.
A total of 18 finished the men's marathon, and there was no real danger of that number growing by one despite the rogue runner. That's if the anonymous 'athlete' was in fact straining as much as he appeared just to keep pace during his five seconds of fame.
