Boston Marathon Winner Cleared In Sidewalk 'Pop'
Boston Marathon men's champ Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot will get to keep his title despite a sidewalk hop. This report in from The Associated Press:BOSTON -- Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot's (CHEER-ee-yot's)...
View ArticleBoston Marathon: All set for Monday's 115th running
It should be a great race Monday at the 115th annual Boston Marathon. Both the men's and women's fields are loaded and two top Americans (Ryan Hall and Kara Goucher) will once again try to win the...
View ArticleBoston Marathon: Perfect day for a run
It's a little over an hour away from the start of the Boston Marathon, when the women's field will take the streets of Hopkinton at 9:30 a.m. start and the weather couldn't be any better. Sunny,...
View ArticleBoston Marathon: And they're off...
The men's field just left Hopkinton and American Ryan Hall, who finished fourth last year, has taken an early lead. Kim Smith, a two-time Manchester Road Race winner who set the course record...
View ArticleBoston Marathon: Kim Smith opens a commanding lead
Kim Smith of New Zealand has a minute lead on the rest of the women's pack as she went through the halfway point of the Boston Marathon Monday. Smith ran 1:10:52 through 13.1 miles. The men,...
View ArticleBoston Marathon: Smith falls off the pace
A pack of women which had trailed Kim Smith of New Zealand for the first half of the Boston Marathon caught up with Smith on the hills of Newton and now Caroline Kilel and Caroline Rotich of Kenya,...
View ArticleBoston Marathon: American Desiree Davila leads the race
Desiree Davila of Rochester Hills, Michigan, who ran a PR of 2:26:20 at Chicago last year, surged to the front and leads Kenyans Caroline Killel and Sharon Cherop at the 2:05 mark of the Boston...
View ArticleBoston Marathon: Caroline Kilel of Kenya holds off American to win
Caroline Kilel of Kenya held off a surging Desiree Davila as the two dueled on Boylston Street and Kilel won the Boston Marathon in 2:22:36. Davila, an Arizona State graduate, trains with the...
View ArticleBoston Marathon: Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya breaks course record
Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya ran the world's fastest time at the Boston Marathon, finishing in 2:03:02, which was also a course record. Because Boston is considered a downhill course, it is not...
View ArticleJohn J. Kelley: 1933-2011
It was 2002 and I was leaving John Kelley's house in Mystic after an interview. It had just been announced that he had been inducted into the National Distance Running Hall of Fame and I was...
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