Posted on 17 April 2012.
Here is the unique out-of-this-world finisher’s medal from the Martian Invasion Half Marathon that took place on April 14, 2012 in Dearborn, Michigan.
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Posted on 16 April 2012.
Former New England Patriots all-pro and current ESPN commentator Tedy Bruschi ran and finished the 2012 Boston Marathon on Monday.
He completed the course, along with his wife Heidi Bruschi, with a finishing time of 5:26:02.
Heidi beat out the old linebacker by a second (they ran it together) in 5:26:01. They hit the halfway point at 2:31:25.
Tedy ran to raise money for stroke survivors. Bruschi suffered a mild stroke in 2005 just days after playing in the Pro Bowl.
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Posted on 16 April 2012.
Kenyan Wesley Korir won the 116th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 16, 2012, with a time of 2:12:40.
Korir said afterwards in his come from behind victory, “So let me go at a consistent pace and let me see if I can catch up with them.”
“Near mile 20, someone shouted that I was in sixth. I knew if I went too hard, too soon, that I would cramp up. I saw the guys in front of me and I thought, ‘Let me get fifth.’ Then I passed the guy in fourth and I thought wow, ‘I could get fourth.’ When I saw the guy in front of him, I thought, ‘Wow, I could get on the podium.'”
Korir took home $150,000.00 for winning the Boston Marathon.
Kenyans rounded out the podium with Levy Matebo in second place and Kipyego in third.
American Jason Hartmann took 4th place.
2012 Boston Marathon Elite Male Results
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Posted on 16 April 2012.
Sharon Cherop, of Kenya, was the female winner of the 2012 Boston Marathon in a close finish of 2:31:50 for a two-second victory over fellow countrywoman Jemima Sumgong (2:31:52)
Georgina Rono completed the podium sweep for Kenya in 2:33:09.
2012 Boston Marathon Elite Female Results
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Posted on 16 April 2012.
Live video feed via Universal Sports of the 116th Boston Marathon taking place on April 16, 2012.
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Posted on 16 April 2012.
Canadian Josh Cassidy set a new world record on Monday in the push-rim (wheelchair) at the 2012 Boston Marathon with a beast-mode time of 1:18:25.
“You know I forced myself to not look back.”
Epic finish in the women’s push rim as Shirley Reilly (USA) beat 2011 winner Wakako Tsuchida with a time of 1:37:36.
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Posted on 15 April 2012.
LIVE VIDEO FEED MOVED HERE -> 2012 Boston Marathon Live Video Feed
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Live blog coverage of the 116th Boston Marathon taking place on April 16, 2012.
10:10pm – Great day! Enjoyed covering the race and congrats to all who finished the Boston Marathon earlier today.
6:10pm – Other RIF members finishing today’s race included Stewart Crouch in an impressive 3:49:02 and Scott Stader who braved off heat exhaustion to rally for a 7:13:58 finish.
5:10pm – It appears that Dallas Smith finished 2nd in his age group. He’s going to be not too happy about that but still an impressive day from the 71-year old.
5:05pm – Former NFL Great Tedy Bruschi Finishes the Boston Marathon
4:31pm – Early Boston Marathon leader Glenn Randall finished in 2:37:13. Still good enough for 6oth overall. he made it exciting early on.
3:36pm – Kenneth ‘Marathon Koach’ Williams finishes yet another Boston Marathon. This time with a time of 4:53:52 in tough conditions. Impressive as ‘Koach’ has been battling some health issues the past few months.
3:11pm – RIF #105 Kathy Shirley finishes the Boston Marathon with a time of 4:30:17.
3:11pm – RIF #65 Jonathan Harrison finishes his first Boston Marathon with a time of 4:23:31.
2:11pm – 71-year old RIF Member Dallas Smith finishes the Boston Marathon with a time of 3:45:25. An amazing time in such tough conditions for the legendary Dallas (8:35 pace).
Dallas via Twitter after the race, “Marathons blow. 3:45. That wudn’t win a cake walk.. Started slow, then tapered off. Didn’t try to go fast & it wudn’t have helped if I had.”
2:03pm – RIF Member Ashley Hook finishes in 3:58:07
1:58pm – RIF Member Nadia Ruiz Gonzales finishes in 3:32:30.
1:24pm – Some reports are saying that over 5,000 runners took the deferment for next year that the BAA was offering due to the heat this year.
1:18pm – RIF #70 Chuck ‘Marathonjunkie’ Engle finishes the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:58:24 (6:48 pace).
1:06pm – 72-year old Dallas Smith, of Run It Fast, has hit the 30k mark at 2:37:02 (8:25 pace). Will he win his age group? He’s been training hard all of 2012 to do just that. He finished second last year.
12:51pm – Half marathon splits for Run It Fast – Club Members: Marathonjunkie Engle 1:26:55, Ashley Hook 1:50:27, Nadia Gonzales 1:41:44, Dallas Smith 1:48:47, Stewart Crouch 1:52:07, Kathy Shirley 2:02:41, Jonathan Harrison 2:00:07, Kenneth Williams 2:12:29, Scott Stader 2:52:28.
12:19pm – Wesley Korir Wins the 116th Boston Marathon (Results)
12:14pm – KENYAN WESLEY KORIR WINS THE 2012 BOSTON MARATHON. Congrats to the University of Louisville graduate.
12:12pm – Wesley Korir has taken over the lead and will likely hold on to win. Wesley’s brother was killed by a black mamba snake in Kenya? So say the BM commentators. Korir started a hospital in his brother’s memory.
12:10pm – Korir has closed the lead to 5 meters once again. Korir has some bounce. American Hartmann is up to 4th place.
12:08pm – Matebo saw his lead disappear in a matter of seconds but appears to be pushing away again but Wesley Korir is remaining close in second.
12:07pm – Sharon Cherop Wins the 2012 Boston Marathon (Female Results)
12:02pm – Sharon Cherop has exploded off in the last 1/2 mile like a rocket ship to win the 2012 Boston Marathon.
11:59am – Going to be a very close finish for the women. Less than a mile remaining for the ladies.
11:55am – American Jason Hartmann is in 7th place. Matebo continues to lead. Baring an injury Matebo should win. Kisorio (2nd) is fading a bit.
11:54am – Levy Matebo continues to look strong and is not being challenged at the moment.
11:53am – Run It Fast member Monkey Trent Rosenbloom has hit mile 6 of the Boston Marathon – BANDIT!!!!
11:51am – Run It Fast – The Club (details) now has members in 34 states since launching 6 weeks ago.
11:45am – Men are less than 5 miles from the finish line. Matebo is looking really strong as he is starting to build a bit of a lead.
11:44am – Sharon Cherop is really pushing the pace for the women. But it’s going to be a close finish.
11:42am – Geoffrey Mutai, who ran the fastest marathon ever last year at Boston, has dropped out of the race due to cramping around the 30k mark.
11:36am – Kisorio and Matebo are side by side as they reach mile 19 (1:34:50)
11:35am – Tweet from push rim Boston Marathon winner: Josh Cassidy – Just won the 2012 Boston Marathon! AmaIng!: post race ress conference now!
11:34am – Boston Marathon – Men: Kisorio and Matebo in a two person meet now. At mile 18, the leaders used a 4:57 split to pace the field in 1:30:01.
11:31am – Cherop, Dado, Sumgong, Rono are the women in the lead pack at mile 20.
11:30am – Kilel has dropped back and out of the lead pack of women. Commentators are saying that she hasn’t been the same since running into volunteers about a mile back.
11:24am – Run It Fast – The Club members Marathonjunkie Engle, Nadia Ruiz Gonzales, Ashley Hook, Kathy Shirley, Stewart Crouch, Jonathan Harrison, Scott Stader and Kenneth Williams have already hit the 10k mark. Engle at 41:04, Hook at 50:15, Gonzales 47:40, Shirley 56:02, Crouch 52:11, Williams 1:02:03, Harrison 56:47, Stader 1:13:00. No word yet on Dallas Smith.
11:22am – Horrible move by two water volunteers creates a human barricade for several elite women. Bad, bad, bad move vols!
11:21am – Mathew Kisorio (Kenya) is starting to push the pace for the men.
11:16am – Boston Marathon – Women: 17 mile update: Kilel and Cherop holding the lead, 1:39:29/5:59 split
11:15am – American Jason Hartmann remains in the lead pack. He’s a tall dude..like 6’3″. Very Estesish
11:14am – Kilel still leads the women at mile 16. Temps have hit the low 80s.
11:11am – Dickson Chumba (Kenya) was the leader (of a large pack) at the halfway point in 1:06:11.
10:58am – Michael Butter (Netherlands) is currently leading the men.
10:48am – The elite men are through mile 9 with Levy Matebo (KEN) in the lead at 45:11.
10:46am – Boston Marathon JH – Passing mile 8 at 40:07, #bostonmarathon elite men are running in a pack at a 5:06 per mile pace, taking lots of water.
10:44am – Glenn Randall has been ‘swallowed’ up by the elite-elites and is no longer in the lead.
10:39am – Elite women at 2:39 marathon pace.
10:38am – Josh Cassidy wins men’s Boston Marathon push rim in new world record of 1:18:25
10:34am – Josh Cassidy is on pace for a new world record in the men’s wheelchair.
10:30am – Boston Marathon Media Room via Boston Marathon JH
10:22am – At mile 5, Randall has a 23 second lead. Randall has a good 20 pounds on the other elites.
10:20am – Randall’s 5k time was 15:05.
10:16am – Glenn Randall made his marathon debut last year at the Chicago Marathon. He ran a 2:20:40 there. He is from Mesa, Illinois (said Colorado on tv feed) and is 25 years old.
10:14am – Commentator: Randall (American) “doesn’t have the body of an elite marathoner. He’s huge!”
10:13am – Elite men have hit mile 2 in 9:42.
10:12am – Caroline Kilel (Kenya) is the women’s leader at mile 6.
10:10am – Glen Randall (sp) is the current male leader. Would be a Ruthian miracle if that was the winner at the end of the day.
10:08am – Women at 2 hour 38 min pace. Slow pace to start.
10:07am – Boston Marathon – Women: After 5 miles, Sharon Cherop sets the pace 30:05/5:58 split
10:06am – Can’t Stop Endurance – Great advice from Scott Jurek “Be humble, Respect conditions & adjust goals. Sometimes it’s not a PR day”
10:04am – Oldest qualifying male 83 years old and female 81 years old.
10:03am – Announcers are saying those that qualified to run Boston should be fine today in the heat. However, those that are charity or bandit runners could have issues.
10:01am – Mental Floss – At the first Boston Marathon in 1897, Tom Burke dragged his heel across the dirt to make the starting line, then shouted, “Go!”
10:00am – And the elite men are off…
9:59am – Boston is an amazing event, but there are hundreds of really great marathons and ultramarathons in the United States alone every year. Don’t get the Boston blues if you can’t get in to Boston at this time. Run another marathon. Will make Boston even that much sweeter one day if you get into it.
9:57am – Wesley Korir, from Kenya, graduated from the University of Louisville with a degree in Biology. He started his college career at Murray State. Murray State dropped their track and field program which led to Korir transferring to Louisville.
9:53am – Boston Marathon Elevation Chart
9:52am – Today is the 30th Boston Marathon for Dick Hoyt (71-years old) who pushes his now 50-year old son Rick. (Read more on their inspirational story HERE).
9:51am – Boston Marathon – Women: Elite field split at 2 miles is 6:02 – slightly picking up the pace. Fujita heading the pack
9:50am – 10 minutes away from the elite men starting.
9:45am – I’m sure many today will wish they had an ice hat. The one I had during my Vol State 500K saved me. Sun flaps and a zipper pouch on top to keep ice in to keep the head cooled.
9:42am – Over 500,000 expected spectators today. Thousands more will be watching and/or following online.
9:40am – Will Geoffrey Mutai be able to repeat today? Possible but no way he will come near last year’s world record time he set.
9:36am – Last year the temperature for the race was in the 50’s. Near perfect conditions. Temps in the 60’s at the start today and expected to reach the mid 80’s for those back in the field.
9:35am – About 25 minutes away until the elite men start.
9:32am – And the elite women are off at the Boston Marathon. About 30 women in this pack.
9:30am – Live feed of the race is available at UniversalSports.com
9:29am – Meb Keflezighi, who will be representing the United States at the 2012 London Olympics, is the grand marshall for the race today.
9:28am – The elite women are being introduced.
9:27am – The elites are all at the starting area getting loose and ready to run in rather warm running conditions. The BAA issued several statements over the weekend regarding the anticipated heat today.
9:26am – Push Rim Wheelchairs have started!
9:25am – RUN IT FAST – The CLUB members (details on joining) running the Boston Marathon this morning include
Kenneth Williams – RIF #28
Scott Stader – RIF #40
Trent Rosenbloom – RIF #57
Jonathan Harrison – RIF #65
Nadia Gonzales – RIF #69
Marathonjunkie – RIF #70
Dallas Smith – RIF #79
Stewart Crouch – RIF #89
Ashley Hook – RIF #97
Kathy Shirley – RIF #105
Complete List of Run It Fast – The Club Members Running Boston
9:22am – 
Where everyone wants to be this morning. The start of the Boston Marathon.
9:20am – 10 minutes away from the start of the 116th Boston Marathon.
9:15am – The Push Rim Wheelchair Division starts at 9:17AM! Last year, Japan’s Masazumi Soejima (M) and Wakako Tsuchida (W) swept the division per @BostonMarathon
9:10am – John Hancock has set a prize purse for today’s race of $806,000 plust $220,000 in performance bonuses according to the BAA.
9:30am – Live coverage begins.
Will be providing live updates on Run It Fast Club Members as they hit certain checkpoints as well throughout the race.
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Posted on 15 April 2012.
We are pleased to have the following Run It Fast – The Club members running the 116th Boston Marathon on April 16, 2012.
Best of luck to RIF-Club members and readers of Run It Fast that are running the most prestigious marathon in the United States.
Run It Fast Club Members Running Boston:
Kenneth Williams – RIF #28
Scott Stader – RIF #40
Trent Rosenbloom – RIF #57
Jonathan Harrison – RIF #65
Nadia Gonzales – RIF #69
Marathonjunkie – RIF #70
Dallas Smith – RIF #79
Stewart Crouch – RIF #89
Ashley Hook – RIF #97
Kathy Shirley – RIF #105
(These are the RIF-Club members we’ve heard mention they are running Boston. If you are in the club and we omitted you then please just leave a comment below with your name and we’ll edit the list above to include you.)
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Posted on 15 April 2012.
The Boston Athletic Association just released a new statement on it’s website to runners of Monday’s 116th Boston Marathon warning them that, “Only the fittest runners should consider participating.”
The new high for Monday in Boston according to Weather.com is 90 degrees.
Here is the complete news release from the BAA:
Running any marathon involves risks
Yesterday, the BAA offered any runner a deferment until the 2013 Boston Marathon if they wanted to pass on running in the heat on Monday. The BAA also expanded the course time limit by one hour to give runners plenty of time to finish the race without pushing.
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Posted on 14 April 2012.
The Boston Athletic Association is offering runners of the 2012 Boston Marathon, to be held Monday April 16, 2012, a deferment for automatic entry into the 2013 Boston Marathon due to projected high temperatures for Monday morning.
Temperatures for Boston are forecasted to reach the mid to high 80’s.
“For many people, running the Boston Marathon is a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” B.A.A. executive director Tom Grilk said on Saturday. “We don’t want people to feel they have to run, because perhaps it’s not the wisest decision under these conditions.”
It’s a nice gesture (and smart legal move) from the B.A.A. that hopefully some runners with medical and heart issues will take advantage of. However, I don’t expect many will due to having already trained hard for this 2012 Boston Marathon and the many non-refundable travel expenses they’ve already made.
(Pierre) D’Hemecourt (race medical director) said to runners with underlying medical issues, such as a cough or a cold or a recent stomach virus that left them dehydrated: “Please don’t run the marathon on Monday.”
“This will be a day where you get hot and dehydrated and may have heat problems,” d’Hemecourt said. “If you do run, run slow. This is not a personal best day. Take breaks to walk and recognize any heat problem symptoms.”
B.A.A. also announced that the couse will be open an extra hour to give runners more time to finish the race safely.
Grilk said the course will be kept open for an extra hour — until 6 p.m. — to discourage runners from over-exerting themselves.
“It allows for an additional 2 minutes per mile to slow down and be sensible about it,” he said. “Be part of what could be a well-remembered experience, but do it in a way that is careful. Ultimately it is an individual sport and individual decision, but we want to make sure we provide people with the comfort of knowing they can make the decision.”
All runners, running Boston and any race or training run, should be familiar with signs of heat stroke.
Those who do run, race officials warned, should be alert to the symptoms of heat stroke: confusion, headaches, nausea, vomiting and excessive fatigue. d’Hemecourt said runners experiencing any of those should stop running and walk to the nearest aid station to be evaluated.
The B.A.A. medical staff also warned runners not to drink too much water, which can also be dangerous. They should drink when thirsty and take slightly more water than they normally do when they train.
“Personal responsibility has to happen on Monday,” race director Dave McGillivray said.
We all hope that the B.A.A. will have a safe and successful 116th Boston Marathon on Monday.
To those that are running, be smart, listen to your body, and pay attention to the heat stroke warning signs.
Remember those that have passed away during marathons and half marathons in the past year in lot less severe weather.
UPDATE: Latest BAA Press Release: “Only the fittest runners should consider participating.” (Full Story)
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