Monday's Boston Marathon was hot. Did you hear about that? It was very hot! Don't believe me? "It was brutal, just brutally hot," said 38-year-old runner Jason Warick of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,...
In the days leading up to the 2012 Boston Marathon, there was much to be made of the dangerously hot temperatures expected to punish the runners in Monday's race. So just how hot was it?
Having won the Los Angeles Marathon in both 2009 and 2010, and finishing second at last year's Chicago Marathon, the running resume of Wesley Korir was already impressive even before Monday's Boston Marathon. But now it is complete after the 29-year-old's victory in the 116th running of the race, his Boston debut.
Kenya's Wesley Korir has won the men's race at the 2012 Boston Marathon, finishing in a time of 2:12:40. As he broke the tape, Korir could only manage to repeat the words, "Oh wow," over and over. Oh wow, indeed -- Korir had quite the comeback victory Monday, passing leader and countryman Levy Matebo over the last mile.
Kenya's Sharon Cherop has won the women's race at the 2012 Boston Marathon, and did so in dramatic fashion.
The 2012 Boston Marathon beings Monday morning at 9 a.m., with the Mobility Impaired division. The Elite Women then start at 9:32 a.m., with the Elite Men scheduled for a 10 a.m. start. We'll have live updates throughout the race, but if you're interested in watching the race -- and can't make it to Hopkinton or Copley Square -- then Universal Sports is your friend on Marathon Monday.
In the 116th running of the Boston Marathon, competitors will follow the 26.2-mile route from Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to the finish line in Boston Copley's Square. Boston.com offers an i...
The 2012 Boston Marathon is now less than 24 hours away, and the weather forecast is still predicting dangerously high temperatures. The high on Marathon Monday is expected to be in the upper-80s, and it won't be much cooler in the morning -- it's expected to be 74 degrees when the elite men start (10 a.m.).
The 116th running of the Boston Marathon is set for Monday morning, and things are looking hot. The high is expected to be 87 degrees Monday, and while the elite men start at 10 a.m., the runners won't see much relief -- it's expected to already be 81 degrees by 11 in the morning.
Just four days before the 2012 Boston Marathon, Kenya's Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot, who set a course record with his win two years ago, has withdrawn from Monday's race with an "unspecified injury."
