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Kenyans Dominate Sweltering Boston Marathon

Matt Cantor — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:53:55 CDT

Kenyans conquered an unusually-hot Boston Marathon , with Wesley Korir winning in 2 hours, 12 minutes, and 40 seconds. Sharon Cherop beat out another Kenyan, Jemima Jelagat Sumgong, in a last-minute sprint; Cherop clocked in at 2 hours, 31 minutes, and 50 seconds. It was the second-slowest race since 1985, just...

Boston Marathon Kicks Off Amid 'Dangerous' Heat

Kevin Spak — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:26:19 CDT

The Boston Marathon kicked off this morning, despite heat forecasts so high that organizers urged runners to consider sitting the race out. Temperatures are expected to hit 88 degrees by 2pm, which would be a record and drastically higher than normal, according to the Boston Herald . "We had to consider...

Kenya's Mutai Sets NYC Marathon Record

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:43:06 CST

Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya has won the New York City Marathon in a course record time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 6 seconds today, crushing the previous mark of 2:07:43 set by Tesfaye Jifar of Ethiopia a decade earlier. The 30-year-old has established himself as the favorite at...

Boston Marathon's Oldest Runner: 81, Cancer Survivor

Matt Cantor — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:45:59 CDT

For its oldest runner, the Boston Marathon is no big deal: Clarence Hartley may be 81, but he’s fought in two wars—Korea and Vietnam— and conquered both non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and prostate cancer. He easily qualified for the race, beating his age and gender's required time of 5:00 by...

New Record Set in Boston Marathon

Kevin Spak — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:18:25 CDT

Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya took first place at the Boston Marathon today, finishing the race in a record 2:03:02. That time beats the marathon’s previous record, set by fellow Kenyan Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot, by more than two minutes, reports the Boston Globe . It would also be a world...

Boston Marathon Fills in Record Time

Kevin Spak — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:27:00 CDT

You had to be pretty fast to get into this year’s Boston Marathon—and we're not just talking about your running speed. Eight hours and three minutes after registration opened, all 20,000 available slots had been filled, the Boston Globe reports. “There are more people running these days, more...

Boston Marathon Dilemma: Too Many Women?

Kevin Spak — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:58:05 CDT

Registration for the Boston Marathon opens up Monday, and if you’re interested, you’d better sign up quick. All 21,000 available slots are expected to fill up within a matter of days—which might, for the first time, leave the New York City Marathon meaningless as a qualifier, the Wall...

Americans Take Third at Boston Marathon

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:13:10 CDT

Ethiopia’s Deriba Merga overcame the disappointment of his Olympic fade to win the Boston Marathon today, and Kenya’s Salina Kosgei won the closest women’s race in the history of the event. Americans took third in both races for the best US finish since 1985. Merga, who was passed in the...

Ethiopian Man, Kenyan Woman Win Boston Marathon

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:49:50 CDT

Ethiopian Deriba Merga took the men's title and Kenya's Salina Kosgei won the women's race in today's Boston Marathon, with Americans finishing third in both divisions. Kosgei outkicked defending champion Dire Tune and American Kara Goucher on Boylston Street to win by less than a stride. American Ryan Hall took...