Athletes Brave Cold To Take Part In Philadelphia Marathon

By Wakisha Bailey, CBS Philadelphia

November 20, 2022

It was a chilly start for runners participating in this year's Philadelphia Marathon. Despite temperatures just above freezing, they were racing to the finish along the 26-mile course where top prizes worth thousands of dollars awaited them.

Runners had their spirits high Sunday morning as they hit the pavement. They said the cold did not matter because their adrenaline was just pumping, and that's what's going to get them through to the finish line.

Thousands of runners from all over the U.S. came to Philadelphia to run in one of the top 10 marathons in the country.

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