Read the following context and answer the question.
Context: Here she is on Sunday : I wish I had some action shots of Breen but there were over 15,000 runners and it was difficult to catch the moment . I did , however , manage to snap a shot of this person who finished 13.1 miles in a wheel chair in 48 minutes . He came in first place and broke another record .
Question: What type of event was the narrator photographing ?
Answer:


It was a long distance race .