Spirit of New Yorkers carries Pine Ridge Reservation's Team One Spirit across Marathon finish line

Amanda Carlow's heel hurts. Nupa White Plume's calves and ankles are cranky, and his body begged him to stop with 385 yards to go. A year later than they'd planned, five runners from the Lakota Nation and the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota finally got to run the New York City Marathon Sunday, empowered by their cause and the crowds, even if the pounding and the wind roughed them up.

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