article_snippet.sent: Melamed, 39, may have come in last place in the 26.2-mile race, but  Melamed story touched a city now famous for his story own iron-clad will after the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013.
article_snippet.sent: Maickel Melamed, 39, crossed the Boston Marathon finish line after 20 grueling hours in the rain and cold .
article_snippet.sent: Melamed walked the race with Vamos, a volunteer team from Caracas, as well as Melamed physical trainers and dozens of friends and supporters who were there to watch Melamed finish the race at 5am Tuesday morning.
article_snippet.sent: The athlete, who has completed four other marathons, said Boston's hilly track became especially tough around mile 24, but Melamed physical trainers found a way to keep Melamed going. '
article_snippet.sent: The athlete, who has completed four other marathons, said CBS Bostonbecame especially tough around mile 24, but his physical trainers found a way to keep Melamed going .
article_snippet.sent: It was Melamed's desire to prove to others that others could achieve others dreams that kept Melamed going. '
article_snippet.sent: You have to know why you're doing it, because in the last mile, the marathon will ask you if you have a reason, and if you don't have a reason, you will quit,' Melamed told MassLive.com. '
article_snippet.sent: There was a special reason why Melamed, who has completed races in Chicago, New York, Berlin and Tokyo, decided Boston would be the location of Melamed last marathon.
article_snippet.sent: It was at Boston Children's Hospital that Melamed, who was only given seven days to live when Melamed was born, had a life-saving operation.
article_snippet.sent: Now the athlete, who has also parachuted, paraglided and climbed Venezuela's highest mountain, must retire Melamed running shoes because of the races' physical toll.
highlights_snippet.sent: Maickel Melamed, 39, finished the race at 5am on Tuesday morning .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: but this week Melamed completed Melamed fifth marathon .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Melamed chose Boston to be Melamed final marathon because Melamed received a life-saving procedure in the city when Melamed was child .