The pain ebbed, but flared on a final run the day before the marathon, and Gebrselassie underwent a magnetic resonance imaging test and had fluid drained from the quadriceps muscle, Hermens said. New York officials described the injury as tendinitis after Gebrselassie dropped out.The marathon kicked off with a record field of 45,344 runners and played out on a beautiful, if a bit brisk, Sunday morning that dawned with temperatures in the 30s.The third period was established thanks to an enormous mound of earth about 20 metres high that came from the excavation of the church of Gabriel Ruphael, he said, referring to the chapel some believe was once King Lalibela’s residence.