A runner was disqualified from Sunday’s Modesto Marathon due to an error at what was assumed to be the marathon turnaround point.
Benjamin Enowitz, a 36-year-old from Los Angeles, was the first to cross the finish line after running the 26.2-mile race in just over two hours but later found out that he had been disqualified from the race after he did not run the full length of the marathon.
Enowitz was following the race’s lead bike, but the lead bike had him turn around at the 13-mile mark instead of the regular race turnaround point, which is just over the 13-mile mark.
In the first decade-plus of the Modesto Marathon, police were lead bikes, but Modesto Marathon director Bree Fitzpatrick confirmed with The Bee that motorcycle police stopped volunteering and have not served in the role since 2024. The 2025 and 2026 marathons were led by volunteers. Last year’s marathon ran without hiccups…