A Chicago man became an accidental marathoner Sunday when he attempted to make a run for it on foot from police and darted onto the Chicago Marathon route, running a decent portion of the famed race before authorities caught up with him and tackled him to the ground.
Bryan Duffy, 29, allegedly bumped into several of the runners during his attempted escape from officers who had just approached him to ask why he was digging in flower pots near the start of the route, according to DNAinfo Chicago.
Duffy being one with the mud was likely to blame on the popular party drug MDMA (also known on the street as ecstasy or Molly), as police officers found an Altoids box with 10 capsules of the narcotic in his possession. Also on his person was a wad of bills totaling $531, according to a police report.
The Chicago real estate agent must have felt so free, throwing off the responsible businessman persona and inhabiting the mind of an outlaw as he dashed off from police who wondered why an average white guy in the park was picking flowers and frolicking in filth. Duffy shot across Jackson St. and up LaSalle, untethered from the concerns of ordinary men. He then disappeared into the herd with the police in hot pursuit. “Feet, don’t fail Bryan Duffy now!” he surely thought to himself.
Duffy’s superhuman moment of glory was abruptly put to an end when his face hit the pavement, compliments of the city cops who tackled him.
His athletic achievement was rewarded with a face full of road rash, a court date, and $10,000 bail.
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