Boston is marking the 10-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing.
Defending champion Evans Chebet won the Boston Marathon again on Monday, surging to the front at Heartbreak Hill to spoil the much-anticipated debut of world record holder Eliud Kipchoge and win in an unofficial 2 hours, 5 minutes, 54 seconds.Chebet, 2021 winner Benson Kipruto and Gabriel Geay dropped Kipchoge from the lead pack around Mile 20 and then ran together for the last three miles. Geay won a footrace for second, 10 seconds behind and 2 seconds ahead of Kipruto.
Ethiopian Amane Beriso led a women’s field that was also among the strongest in the division’s half-century of history. For the first time, the race also includesSaturday marks 10 years since the bombing at the Boston Marathon. Marc Fucarile was critically injured in the second explosion. He joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to share his story of survival.
About 30,000 athletes will run 26.2 miles to Copley Square in Boston. A light drizzle has made for wet roads at the start and runners could be facing a headwind. The temperature is expected to be in the low 50s. But McGillivray, who himself runs the course each year after his workday is done, noted that Boston is more about strategy than fast times.
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