It was a perfect day for Kenaya Geoffrey Mutai at the running of the 115th Boston Marathon on Monday. The weather was cool, there was a tailwind, and Mutai used both to his advantage in running the fastest Boston Marathon time ever in 2:03:02.
Fellow countryman Moses Mosop, in his marathon debut, was almost quite as successful, finishing just 4 seconds back in 2:03:06. Ethiopian Gebre Gebremariam finished in third at 2:04:53.
American Ryan Hall ran the fastest marathon time ever by an American with a superb finishing time of 2:04:58. A time that would have won last year’s Boston Marathon.
Here is a compilation of photos from the 2011 Boston Marathon (and expo). The Marathon takes place on April 18, 2011.
Most of the photos below were sent in to us by Run It Fast contributor Chris ‘The Beast’ Estes. Chris is running his first Boston Marathon. He qualified in just his third marathon, the Tupelo Marathon in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Here is a photo of a young Lance Armstrong in high school at Plano East High School during a cross country meet.
Armstrong has run three marathons (NY twice, Boston once) during his first retirement from cycling. His marathon PR is 2:46:43. He has also competed in several triathlons as well during his athletic career.
I am not sure if Lance was a high school cross country champ but with his drive and genetic disposition it’s a pretty safe assumption.
And on yeah, this young lad, in the photo above, has won cycling’s prestigious Tour de France seven times.