Chilean miner to run marathon again A year after his first run in the New York City Marathon , former Chilean miner Edison Pena is planning to run it again chilean miner completes tokyo marathon this year. Last year, Pena completed the marathon less than a month after he was rescued from the mine, chilean miners 69 days the 32 miners trapped.Chilean miners rescued after 69 days underground He's is best known as the miner who requested music artist elvis presley. so he could sing to his fellow trapped miners edison pena ran 6 miles a day he ran while in the mine. Rescued Chilean miner Edison Pena sang no Elvis tunes this time. A subdued Pena has returned to run the New York City Marathon on Sunday, after a year in which he was hospitalized in Santiago for psychological problems and reported drug and alcohol issues. Having spent 69 days trapped underground last fall with 32 fellow miners, Pena says the trauma of the event has "hit us now." The first anniversary of the r...