{"id":435272,"date":"2025-12-09T09:26:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T09:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/435272\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T09:26:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T09:26:17","slug":"they-finished-last-in-the-san-antonio-marathon-5k-heres-why-theyre-still-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/435272\/","title":{"rendered":"They finished last in the San Antonio Marathon 5K. Here\u2019s why they\u2019re still winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 It\u2019s not often that we cover stories about people who finish dead last in a race, but we\u2019re making an exception for father-son duo, Rick and Eric Battersby.<\/p>\n

Both kicked off the San Antonio Marathon weekend by participating in Friday night\u2019s 5K. <\/p>\n

Eric Battersby, 49, ran in the 5K and full marathon. Rick Battersby, 74, however, had one goal: to finish the 5K. <\/p>\n

Eric Battersby told KSAT his father spent the last few months recovering from knee replacement surgery. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad had a goal of just finishing the thing. I mean, he was probably about 10 days shy of six months of knee replacement recovery,\u201d Eric Battersby said.<\/p>\n

Both Eric and Rick Battersby did, in fact, finish the 5K. Both were the last two to cross the finish line, donning Buddy the Elf hats. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe crossed the finish line arm-in-arm, and I guess he out-leaned me and got me by about one tenth of a second. And so technically, I was the last-place finisher in the 5K,\u201d Eric Battersby said.<\/p>\n

Eric Battersby admits it wasn\u2019t easy. At one point, he was unsure his father would finish because of his knee. But now he thinks he\u2019ll do it again. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad being able to just get through the thing and just finish it…he gave himself something to shoot for next time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Read more on the marathon: <\/b>Thousands of runners, joggers cross finish line at inaugural San Antonio Marathon<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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