Dire Tune, the 22-yr old phenom from Ethiopia, and Russia’s 25-year old Alevtina Biktimirova, who has eight top-three finishes in her young career, are not battling it out in what has become a two-woman race.
Between mile 19 and 20, Biktimirova ran a 5:23 mile … going UP Heartbreak Hill
The Ethiopians are known for their finishing kick speed and they longer she is able to hang on and stay on the heels of Biktimirova - the better the odds of her coming out on top. It is only a matter of time before the 22-yr old makes a move.
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Boston is a city of the young (the region is host to way more than its fair share of the nation’s top colleges) and the young at heart. This makes it a dream city for running, jogging, or walking. There is a massive foot-mobile population, so if you feel like a jog almost anywhere here you will rarely feel out of place.
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As Heartbreak Hill starts to emerge, the lead women have packed in close together. Their current time is 1:55:12 and Jelena, Lidiya and Madai all remain close. Lidiya does have about a second lead.
In addition, Deena Kastor, who they specualted had stomach problems, has now begun to come back and is ever so slowly closing in (a little over a minute behind).
At mile 22, there time is 2:01:16.
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