(KAIR)--The Boston Marathon was Monday, and among the thousands who ran the 26.2 miles was local Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Bryan Clark.

“I started in the first wave along with the elite men,” Clark said. “I want to say there were 6,000 or 7,000 people in that wave.”

Clark said 1.5 million people cheered runners on as they went, and it was unlike any crowd support he had ever seen.

This is Clark’s fifth marathon under his belt, and he finished in three hours and 30 minutes.