Today’s Boston Marathon was the first since 2013 to fall on the date, April 15th, of the 2013 Boston. Keflezighi is no longer running competitively, but he seemed everywhere present in Boston over the weekend giving inspirational talks and promoting his new book, 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career. That happened when Meb Keflezighi won the 2014 “comeback” Boston a year after the tragic, finish-line bombings of 2013. Today’s race marked the fifth anniversary of the last Boston Marathon victory by an American runner. Hoyt was hospitalized for a month earlier this year, and his health hadn’t improved enough to cover the Boston course again. Rick Hoyt is a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy, but he and his father had become familiar, widely-celebrated Boston participants. For the first time since 1981, Rick Hoyt didn’t finish in a wheelchair pushed by his father Dick or other Team Hoyt volunteers. Dykes was aiming to finish in under 3 hours today, and accomplished his goal, smashing the age-group record with a net time of 2:58:50. Four months ago, Dykes set a world best time for 70+ runners when he ran 2:54:23 in Jacksonville, Florida.
That was broken last year by Gene Dykes, who finished in 3:16:20. Ten years ago, in 2009, Ichida set a Boston record for 70+ runners with his 3:16:50. Last year’s 80+ champion, Susumu Ichida, placed second in the division in 4:23:03. He had to compete with everyone over 80, however, the fast of whom, Canadian Keijo Taivassalo, posted a remarkable 3:47:10. Larry Cole, the oldest starter at 85, hoped to break six hours, and finished in 6:33:10. Today, 68-year-old Ben Beach finished his 52nd Boston in a row, a world record for a runner in the same annual marathon, crossing the line in 6:05:35.
The women’s race was covered extensively here by our sister publication, Women’s Running.Įvery year Boston attracts an impressive number of “streakers” and high-age runners.
After running near the leaders for 10 miles, he faded badly. Last year’s surprise winner, Yuki Kawauchi, from Japan, couldn’t produce another upset. He was followed 15 seconds later by Jared Ward, eighth, who bettered his PR by 2:05. Fauble actually moved to the front on several downhills, and was still with the leaders at 21 miles.įauble held on to finish as the top American, seventh in 2:09:10, a personal best by 3:19. The big surprise was American Scott Fauble, 27, of Flagstaff, Arizona with a PR of only 2:12:28 vs 2:06s and better for his competitors. It included three prior Boston winners: Lelisa Desisa, 20 Lemi Berhanu, 2016 and Geoffrey Kirui, 2017. Weather was not a factor in the marathon outcome, unlike a year ago when the Arctic conditions led to many dropouts and slow times for all.Ī large front pack of 17 runners made the Firehouse turn together at 17 miles. Most elite runners ran in stripped-down shorts and singlet-no gloves, no arm warmers, few sunglasses. It was nowhere near the course record, 2:03:02, set by Geoffrey Mutai in 2011 with the help of a strong tailwind.Īfter an early morning deluge much like last year’s, the rain let up, and the temperature climbed into the 60s with high humidity. Cherono’s victory was the 22nd by a Kenyan since the country’s first Boston win in 1988 by Ibrahim Hussein.Ĭherono’s time bettered the 2:15:58 of Yuki Kawauchi in 2018, which featured Boston’s worst-ever weather. His best time is 2:04:06 from last year’s Amsterdam Marathon. The podium placers claimed prize purses of $150,000, $75,000, and $40,000 respectively.Ĭherono, 30, has now won successive marathons in Amsterdam, Honolulu, Amsterdam, and Boston today. The two crossed the line just a few yards ahead of Kenneth Kipkemoi of Kenya. It was Cherono’s first Boston but his fourth marathon victory in a row. Lawrence Cherono of Kenya today won the 123rd running of the Boston Marathon with a sprint finish victory over two-time Boston winner Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia.
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