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The 121st Running of the Boston Marathon (2017) - As It Happens
Refresh this page every few minutes to see the latest updates. We'll have all of the updates for all races on this one page - trying to make it as easy as possible for our readers to see what's happening.
Note, as you read these reports, they will appear in reverse chronological order. Newest updates will be at the top of each section.
The Coverage (below): Men's Race | Women's Race
Overview
Each year there is a story. The 2012 race was highlighted by tailwinds that pushed the men to run fastest times ever recorded in running. In 2013, of course, the race story was overwhelmed by the terrible bombing at the finish line. In 2014, the race story was of Meb Keflezighi becoming the first American to win in 30 years. In 2015, many Americans were in attendance as a test of their training before the Oympic year. For 2016 - an Olympic year - the race had no top Americans in the field and a preponderence of Ethiopians.
For 2017 [as we write this pre-race] the story will be shaped by the warm temperatures (65 degrees expected at the start and up to 75 degrees at the finish), but with huge tailwinds - 10 to 15 mph direct tailwinds leading to fast times ?!? And the field is well-balanced, with favorite Americans expected to compete for top positions along with a healthy mix of Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes. We're writing this pre-race - and we are excited by what we will see. Read below...
Men's Race back to top
The Finish (2:09:37). Geoffrey Kirui takes the win in 2:09:37. Galen Rupp is second in 2:09:58. Suguru Osako is third in 2:10:28. Rupp has now run three marathons finishing on the podium in each of his finishes. Shadrack Biwott finishes fourth overall and 2nd American in 2:12:07.
Mile 24 (2:03:47). Geoffrey Kirui continues to place distance on Rupp and will shortly win the Boston Marathon. Galen Rupp is holding onto second place by 25 seconds - he should hold that. Hard charging behind is Suguru Osako of Japan. Shadrack Biwott (USA) is looking to notch his second top-5 finish at a World Marathon Majors race after his fifth place finish at the 2016 NYC Marathon.
Mile 22 (1:49:33), Mile 23 (1:54:20). Geoffrey Kirui manages to get away from Galen Rupp and will run away alone to the finish. Galen Rupp looks firm for second place.
Mile 21 (1:44:54). Geoffrey Kirui now seems to be pushing the pace and Galen Rupp is right on Kirui. We can predict that these two men will finish first and second, but there is still a long way to go...
Mile 20 (1:39:52). The men's race is down to three men running alone up the hills (but others are not too far back). In the lead: Galen Rupp, Geoffrey Kirui and Abdi Abirahman.
30K (1:33:00), Mile 19 (1:34:48). The men's race is down to six men with Galen Rupp taking the lead. Following Rupp are Geoffrey Kirui (KEN), Sammy Kitwara (USA), Abdi Abdirahman (USA), Lemi Hayle and Wilson Chebet.
Mile 16 (1:19:07), Mile 17 (1:24:24), Mile 18 (1:29:36). Nine men in the lead group with two Americans still in play: Galen Rupp and Abdi Abdirahman both look strong.
Mile 14 (1:08:54), Mile 15 (1:14:14), 25K (1:16:58). Wesley Korir is now off the back of the pack which is just started to break up.
Mile 13 (1:04:01), Halfway (1:04:35). Emmanuel Mutai leads the same 11 men following him. We expect the race will start in earnest when the men get to the Newton Hills...
Mile 11 (49:11), Mile 12 (59:03), 20K (1:01:15). Now 12 men in the lead group as the lead pack loses some of the Americans: Shadrack Biwott, Jared Ward, Luke Puskedra and Meb Keflezighi off the back of the lead pack.
15K (45:42), Mile 10 (49:11). The tailwind must be helping - this is a large pack. 17 men, with Emmanuel Mutai leading and Galen Rupp breathing down his back: Emmanuel Mutai (KEN), Shadrack Biwott (USA), Galen Rupp (USA), Sammy Kitwara (KEN), Yemane Tsegay (ETH), Geoffrey Kirui (KEN), Wesley Korir (KEN), Daniel Salel (KEN), Wilson Chebet (KEN), Abdi Abdirahman (USA), Augustus Maiyo (USA), Suguru Osako (JPN), Meb Keflezighi (USA), Lemi Berhanu Hayle (ETH), Christopher Chipsiya (KEN), Jared Ward (USA), Luke Puskedra (USA)
Mile 8 (39:08), Mile 9 (44:07). Meb Keflezighi and Galen Rupp have both run to the front to keep the pace. Except for one mile of the race, these men have run sub 5 minutes for each mile - this is a good pace and a large group.
Mile 7 (34:13). Meb Keflezighi took the lead for a short while before Emmanuel Mutai stepped back to the front. The men are now on pace to run a 2:08 marathon on this warm day...with a tailwind.
Mile 5 (24:38), Mile 6 (29:25), 10K (30:27) The front pack, led by Emmanuel Mutai and seconded by Yemane Tsegay, continues to speed up and is stretching out, now with 21 men in the stretched out pack. Top contenders off the back are Yared Asmeron and Cutbert Nyasango.
Mile 4 (19:40). The pace continues to increase, but note that the course is still downhill at this point. Emmanuel Mutai has taken over the lead and is setting the pace.
Mile 3 (14:53), 5K (15:23): A large pack of 25 men are running together, led by Meb Keflezighi and running toward a sub 2:10 finish pace. In the pace: Yemane Tsegay (ETH), Dino Sefir (ETH), Emmanuel Mutai (KEN), Yared Asmerom (ERI), Rachid Kisri (MAR), Meb Keflezighi (USA), Wesley Korir (KEN), Galen Rupp (USA), Sean Quigley (USA), Luke Puskedra (USA), Wilson Chebet (KEN), Abdi Abdirahman (USA), Scott MacPherson (USA), Sammy Kitwara (KEN), Shadrack Biwott (USA), Jared Ward (USA), Geoffrey Kirui (KEN), Augustus Maiyo (USA), Daniel Salel (KEN), Hiroki Sugawa (JPN), Craig Curley (USA), Suguru Osako (JPN), Lemi Berhanu Hayle (ETH), Cutbert Nyasango (ZIM), Sisay Lemma (ETH)
Mile 1 (4:52), Mile 2 (9:54). A large pack of men are running together and wide across the road. Meb Keflezighi is at the front right of the group. Emmanuel Mutai is at the left front. It is early in this race.
The men's race has started!
The Men's race will begin at 10:00AM EDT. Stay tuned.
Women's Race back to top
The Finish (2:21:52). Edna Kiplagat runs away to win the 2017 #BostonMarathon 2:21:52. Rose Chelimo is second in 2:22:51 and American Jordan Hasay third in 2:23:00 in her debut Marathon. Desi Linden is fourth in 2:25:06
40K (2:14:43). Edna Kiplagat is nearly a minute ahead of Rose Chelimo in second place. Jordan Hasay is 12 seconds behind Chelimo - she will finish third.... or better.
Mile 22 (2:00:01), Mile 23 (2:05:12), Mile 24 2:10:15). Edna Kiplagat is just running away from everyone else - she will win.
35K (1:58:41). Edna Kiplagat has a 34 second lead on the rest of the field and looks strong. Rose Chelimo is in second place (34 seconds back) and Jordan Hasay has moved alone into third place twelve seconds behind Chelimo. Desiree Linden has moved alone into fourth place a distant 47 seconds behind Hasay.
Mile 20 (1:49:37). Edna Kiplagat has thrown down a 5:01 mile going uphill! to separate herself from all other competitors - she is unstoppable.
Mile 19 (1:44:35). Edna Kiplagat is making a move and has separted herself from the other competitors. Wow.
Mile 18 (1:39:13). Edna Kiplagat is setting the pace as the women are running toward a sub 2:25 marathon. Valentine Kipketer seemed to struggle and fall back, but she rejoined the group.
Mile 16 (1:28:10), Mile 17 (1:33:43). Desiree Linden has caught back to the lead pack, but then fell back again. We have seen her run this strategy before - falling back and then testing herself by running hard to rejoin the group before falling back again. But this is starting to look a little more difficult than that.
25K (1:25:50). Desiree Linden is just a few seconds back as the runners will now start moving up and through the first of the Newton Hills.
Mile 14 (1:17:18), Mile 15 (1:22:57). The women's pack seems to be breaking apart. Desiree Linden seems to have dropped back and four women are running across at the front with two others just behind. We have seen Desi drop back and then come back in past races, so we will hope she'll be back in.
Mile 12 (1:06:26), 20K (1:08:48), Mile 13 (1:11:55), Halfway (1:12:24). Still a group of seven women - All look good and running at a sub 2:25 pace. It is a good year to still see two Americans in the lead pace: veteran runner Desireee Linden and debutante Jordan Hasay.
Mile 10 (55:35), Mile 11 (1:01:09). Desireee Linden continues to lead the pack of 10 women.
Mile 9 (50:09), 15K (51:55). Eleven women remain in the lead group as Carolie Rotich and Bizunesh Deba are off the back and fading away. Diane Nukuri seems to be struggling somewhat to stay with the group.
Mile 7 (39:22), Mile 8 (44:49). Twelve women are running together, still led by Desiree Linden.
Mile 6 (33:47), 10K (24:37). Desiree Linden has taken over the lead and the women have increased their pace moving into the sixth mile. Lindsey Flanagan and Kate Landau have dropped off the lead pack which now contains 13 women running at a 2:26 marathon pace.
Mile 4 (22:41), Mile 5 (28:25). Atsede Baysa and Bizunesh Deba continue to lead.
Mile 3 (17:09), 5K (17:44). The women are running at a pace to run through a 2:29 marathon - that is a fine start and they will speed up later in the race. Fifteen women are running together: Atsede Baysa (ETH), Buzunesh Deba (ETH), Brigid Kosgei (KEN), Ruti Aga (ETH), Desiree Linden (USA), Joyce Chepkirui (KEN), Jordan Hasay (USA), Gladys Cherono (KEN), Rose Chelimo (BRN), Caroline Rotich (KEN), Valentine Kipketer (KEN), Diane Nukuri (BDI), Edna Kiplagat (KEN), Lindsey Flanagan (USA), Kate Landau (USA)
Mile 1 (5:55), Mile 2 (11:31). The women's race has broken into a lead pack of 16 women. Atsede Baysa and Bizunesh Deba are running at the front and behind are all of the favorites including Americans Desiree Linden and Jordan Hasay. The women are starting at a conservative but honest pace.
The Women's Race has started! About 50 women have gone out in the early start - there won't be much to report on for a few miles until the pack breaks up. The women appear to be starting out conservatively (in respect to the heat), but we'll note that they do have a strong tailwind today.
The Women's race will begin at 9:32AM EDT. Stay tuned.
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