Kenya's Geoffrey Kirui and Edna Kiplagat sweep at Boston Marathon

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press




4:22 PM ET

BOSTON -- The Kenyans are back in Boston after a relative lull that saw them shut out in the world's most prestigious marathon twice in the past three years.

More surprisingly, so are the Americans.

Geoffrey Kirui won the 121st Boston Marathon on Monday, pulling away from three-time U.S. Olympian Galen Rupp with two miles to go to give Kenya its first men's victory in five years. Edna Kiplagat won the women's race to complete the Kenyan sweep.

They were followed closely by Americans who grabbed two of the top four women's spots and six of the top ten for men -- the first time that's happened since the race went professional in 1986.

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[pangaia]

1. Love that race.,..

I only used to "run" for fun, back in the late '70's,early '80s. The closest I ever got to the Boston marathon was a friend who ran it unofficially (heh, heh), watching 2 of them, and once driving the route..

Once I was running -jogging,' along the Charles River with my girlfriend on a beautiful afternoon...1980ish... In the distance coming toward us was a figure that looked different from all the others. As he got closer it was CLEARLY, VERY different.

He went by MUCH faster than it looked like he was going..in a breath he was gone.. and almost totally silently..A perfectly well-oiled running machine.

It was Greg Meyer !

[Bayard]

3. Greg Meyer!

I have an old running poster somewhere of him running along the Charles River.

[pangaia]

4. Maybe we're in the shot. LOL !!!

[burrowowl]

2. Great Race!