A 21-year-old just won the Boston Marathon, and people are amazed and a little depressed
What did you accomplish by the time you were 21?
Lemi Berhanu Hayle of Ethiopia won the men’s division of the 2016 Boston Marathon Monday in an unofficial time of two hours, 12 minutes and 44 seconds.
https://twitter.com/ejleven/status/722106577487007744
At 21 years old, Hayle is not the youngest Boston Marathon winner ever — that honor goes to Timothy Ford of Cambridge, who won the 10th Boston Marathon as an 18-year-old in 1906 — but the result was still shocking to many.
https://twitter.com/amymurakami/status/722097889544126464
https://twitter.com/AllisonNielsen/status/722096978470006785
https://twitter.com/rileydobbins/status/722095664717504513
Hayle’s win inspired some reactions from the 21-and-over crowd on Twitter, whose accomplishments seem somewhat less monumental in comparison.
https://twitter.com/chubbiekid/status/722098945195962370
A 21 year old won the Boston Marathon, and I’m in bed while procrastinating reading 10 pages for psychotherapy
— Lizzie Newman-Hart (@elisabethhlovee) April 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/mdorgz/status/722096600521289728
The winner of the Boston marathon was 21 years old…. I need to step my life up a bit.
— Littlest Laynurs (@DelaniStopp) April 18, 2016
Fret not, young couch potatoes of Boston. There’s always next year.
https://twitter.com/MarkRunner96/status/722101058185666560
…or not.
@MarkRunner96 I put on pants today
— Darian Somers (@StuffSomersSays) April 18, 2016
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