The False Finisher

At the finish of our marathon, when I saw the runner that came in third, I couldn't believe that he was such a good runner. Then I came to know that he didn't run the entire race. He ran over the finish line by mistake.
 
-13 September 1981 
 
 
 
[Source: "The False Finisher" in Sri Chinmoy,  Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 7, Agni Press/Aum Publications, Jamaica, New York, 1982.]