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The men’s lead pack is now down to four at the 2008 Boston Marathon. Robert Cheruiyot, James Kwambai, Abderrahime Bouramdane, and Kasime Adillo are still in the hunt, covering the last 2 miles in a scorching 4:51 and 4:52.
They are now on sub-2:06 pace, well under the 2:07:12 course record pace. […]

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Jelena Prokopcuka has been passed at mile 18 after being unable to keep up with the 5:10 pace run over the hills by Ethiopia’s Dire Tune, Russia’s Alevtina Biktimirova, and Kenya’s Magdaline Chemjor & Rita Jeptoo.
Prokopcuka, after initally falling back and starting to make a dent on the distance between her and the leaders, has […]

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Latvian sports hero and World Marathon Major contender Jelena Prokopcuka is back in front as the ladies began to pick up the pace - ever so slightly - at mile 15. They are through 15 miles in 1:25:45; running the previous mile in 5:46.
Prokopcuka then went on to further pick up the […]

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The lead pack has been whittled to six as the leaders are continuing their torrid pace through the half way point of the 112th Boston Marathon. The half was reached in 1:03:07, well under pace for the course record of 2:07:14 set by Robert Cheruiyot in 2006.
Cheruiyot and Moroccan Abderrahime Bouramdane have […]

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Although Prokopcuka’s move to push the pace and take the lead was short winded, the entire lead pack of ten women remains intact.
At the half-way point,Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo (Pictured), who won the Boston Marathon in 2006 in a time of 2:23:38, and Magdaline Chemjor, the 2007 ING Amsterdam Marathon Champion, regained the lead and […]

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The men’s lead pack at the 2008 Boston Marathon is taking advantage of the course and conditions to push the pace and assault the course record.
Kenyans Lawrence Saina and Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot have taken many of the pacing responsibilities but the 17 man lead pack is still intact. The last 3 mile […]

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On pace for a manageable and somewhat pedestrian 2:26-2:27 pace, the lead pack of ten women remains intact. They hit the 9 mile mark in 50:43, 10k in 52:33 and the 10 mile mark in 56:40. Ethiopia’s Askale Tafa Magarsa once again in the leader after trading off with her Ethiopian compatriots.
However, […]

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The men’s race at the 112th Boston Marathon is now underway in beautiful conditions (low 50s, sunny, little wind).
Three time champion Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (Pictured) is in the lead pack at 5k along with 2004 champion Timothy Cherigat, last year’s runner-up James Kwambai, and many others.
The 5k split was a bit […]

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The pack of leading women are all over the place and have run scattered over the width of the road for over the last miel. Currently, Askale Tafa Maagarsa and Magdaline Chemjor of Ethiopia have taken the lead; reaching the 10k mark in 34:50. Pre-Race Favorites Prokopcuka, Jeptoo and Grigoryeva are right on […]

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After 5 miles, all of the favorites are in the lead pack for the elite women. They reached the 5 mile mark in 28:09; running the last mile in an uncharacteristically slow 5:55 as then women all seemed hesitant to push the pace or attempt a serious move.
Latvia’s Jelena Prokopcuka led or he first […]

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