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Kenya’s Edna Kiplagat dominated the 2017 Boston Marathon winning the 121st running of the prestigious race in a time of 2:21:51

She led nearly from wire to wire and over the second half of the race she had no one close to her.

Congrats to Edna on an amazing and dominant performance.

Boston Marathon Top 10 Women:

1. Edna Kiplagat – 2:21:51 (KEN)
2. Rose Chelimo – 2:22:51 (BRN)
3. Jordan Hasay – 2:23:00 (USA)
4. Des Linden – 2:25:06 (USA)
5. Gladys Cherono – 2:27:20 (KEN)
6. Valentine Kipketer – 2:29:35 (KEN)
7. Buzunesh Deba – 2:30:58 (ETH)
8. Brigid Kosgei – 2:32:48 (KEN)
9. Diane Nukuri – 2:32:24 (BDI)
10. Ruti Aga – 2:33:26 (ETH)

Amazing performances by all the lead women.

Wilson Kipsang Wins 2014 London Marathon

Kenaya’s Wilson Kipsang won the 2014 London Marathon earlier today in England with a winning time of 2:04:29. Kipsang is the current World Record holder with a time of 2:03:23 at the Berlin Marathon last year.

Runner-up to Kipsang was fellow countryman Stanley Biwott close behind in 2:04:55. It was a really strong performance from Biwott as he was not one of the top handful of favorites.

Third place for the men went to Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Kebede.  He finished a good ways back (relatively speaking) in 2:06:30 Kebede was the defending champ from last year’s race.

Ayele Abshero (Ethiopia) finished 4th in 2:06:31 just a second off a podium finish with Tsegaye Mekonnen (Ethiopia) rounding out the top 5 with a time of 2:08:06

Much heralded Brit Mo Farah making his marathon debut finished a very respectable 8th place in 2:08:21, just 15 seconds behind a tightly bunched group that would have garnered him 5th place.

Another success story to come from the marathon was American Ryan Vail who finished 10th overall in 2:10:57.

Edna Kiplagat Wins 2014 London Marathon for the Women

For the women it was Kenya’s Edna Kiplagat winning the 2014 London Marathon in 2:20:21.

Fellow countrywoman Florence Kiplagat finished extremely close behind Edna in 2:20:24 with Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba 11 seconds behind her in 2:20:35.

2014 London Marathon Results

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The World Marathon Majors® (WMM) has decided that Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) and Mary Keitany (Kenya) are the champions of the 2011-2012 World Marathon Majors Series, in the wake of the cancellation of the 2012 New York City Marathon.

From BAA: With the cancellation of the 2012 ING New York City Marathon, the 2011-2012 Series has concluded and there will be no additional points awarded. Mutai had already secured the Series title in advance of the New York race with 75 points tallied in winning the 2011 Boston Marathon, the 2011 ING New York City Marathon, and the 2012 BMW Berlin Marathon. Keitany secured the title with 65 points accumulated with victories at the 2011 and 2012 Virgin London Marathons, and a third place finish at the 2011 ING New York City Marathon. These athletes will split the $1 million prize purse.

The New York City Marathon, that was scheduled for November 4, 2012, was cancelled after Hurricane Sandy struck the area leaving massive devastation and loss of human life.

NYRR president Mary Wittenberg along with NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided less than 40 hours before the start of the scheduled marathon to cancel the race after announcing earlier in the week that the race would proceed as planned.

World Marathon Majors Male Final Leaderboard

1. Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) – 75 points
2. Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) – 46 points
3. Wesley Korir (Kenya) – 41 points
4. Abel Kirui (Kenya) – 40 points
5. Moses Mosop (Kenya) – 40 points
6. Emmanual Mutai (Kenya) – 40 points
7. Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) – 35 points
8. Patrick Makau (Kenya) – 35 points
9. Martin Lel (Kenya) – 30 points
10. Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda) – 25 points
11. Feyisa Lilesa (Ethiopia) – 25 points

World Marathon Majors Female Final Leaderboard

1. Mary Keitany (Kenya) – 65 points
2. Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) – 50 points
3. Sharon Cherop (Kenya) – 45 points
4. Liliya Shobukhova (Russia) – 45 points
5. Priscah Jeptoo (Kenya) – 40 points
6. Firehiwot Dado (Ethiopia) – 30 points
7. Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) – 30 points
8. Atsede Baysa (Ethiopia) – 26 points
9. Tiki Gelana (Ethiopia) – 25 points
10. Aberu Kebede (Ethiopia) – 25 points
11. Caroline Kilel (Ethiopia) – 25 points

Complete List of Results at WorldMarathonMajors.com

Congrats to Geoffrey and Mary on their World Marathon Majors titles!

Here is a look at all of the elite women that will be taking part at the ING New York City Marathon on November 4, 2012.

The favorites will be Tiki Gelana from Ethiopia (2:18:58) and Kenya’s Edna Kiplagat (2:19:50).

Be sure to keep an eye on former Boston Marathon champ Sharon Cherop (2:22:39) and Ethiopia’s Bizunesh Deba as well.

We will be pulling for all of these elite women on Sunday, especially Run It Fast’s Leah Thorvilson from Arkansas.

ELITE 2012 NYC MARATHON WOMEN

Best of luck to these elite women and all of the women taking part in this year’s ING NYC Marathon!

[source: Let’s Run]

Kenya has announced the runners that will represent the country for the marathon in the 2012 London Olympics later this year.

This is paramount to the United States selecting it’s latest edition of the Dream Team for basketball.

Representing Kenya in London will be Wilson Kipsang, who won the London Marathon just three days ago, along with Abel Kirui and Moses Mosop according to the BBC.

In a bit of a shocker Patrick Makau who holds the world record for the marathon was left off the team along with Geoffrey Mutai and Emmanual Mutai.

Makau’s exclusion is probably similar to the USA leaving Isaiah Thomas off the original 1992 Dream Team because Michael Jordan and others on the team hated him so much.

Representing the Kenyan women will be Mary Keitany, Edna Kiplagat and Priscah Jeptoo.

Not that they will need it, but best of luck to Wilson (can’t help but think of Castaway), Abel (finally getting the better of Cain), and Moses (enough said), Mary, Edna and Priscah.

Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang won the 2012 London Marathon this morning with a time of 2:04:44.

Second place went to Martin Lel (2:06:51-Kenya) who barely bested third place finisher Tsegaye Kebede (2:06:52-Ethiopia).

Just 1 minute and 29 seconds separated 1st through 10th places for the men.

2012 London Marathon Top 10 Male Results

1. Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) – 2:04:44
2. Martin Lel (Kenya) – 2:06:51
3. Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) – 2:06:52
4. Adil Annani (Morocco) – 2:07:43
5. Jaouad Gharib (Morocco) – 2:07:44
6. Abel Kirui (Kenya) – 2:07:56
7. Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) – 2:08:01
8. Marilson Gomes Dos Santos (Brazil) – 2:08:03
9. Samuel Tsegay (Eritrea) – 2:08:06
10. Feyisa Lilesa (Ethiopia) – 2:08:20

Mary Keitany was the female winner with a time of 2:18:37.  Keitany’s time is the 2nd fastest in London Marathon history. The fastest time belongs to London’s Paula Radcliffe in 2:17:42 (2005).

Second place female was Edna Kiplagat (2:19:50-Kenya) and the female’s Kenyan podium was completed with Priscah Jeptoo (2:20:14).

The top five female finishers were all from Kenya.

2012 London Marathon Top 10 Female Results

1. Mary Keitany (Kenya) – 2:18:37
2. Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) – 2:19:50
3. Priscah Jeptoo (Kenya) – 2:20:14
4. Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) – 2:20:57
5. Lucy Kabuu (Kenya) – 2:23:12
6. Aberu Kebede (Ethiopia) – 2:24:04
7. Irina Mikitenko (Germany) – 2:24:53
8. Jessica Augusto (Portugal) – 2:24:59
9. Atsede Baysa (Ethiopia) – 2:25:59
10. Jelena Prokopcuka (Latvia) – 2:27:04

Full 2012 London Marathon Results

Congrats to all who ran and finished the 2012 London Marathon.

Ethiopian Gebre Gebrmariam won the 2010 ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 7, 2010 with a time of 2:0814.  He beat Kenyan Emmanuel Mutai, by over a minute, as Mutai finished in 2:09:18.

Kenyan Edna Kiplagat was the fastest woman winning with a time of 2:28:20, barely edging out American Shalane Flanagan by just 20 seconds (2:28:40).

Elite Men’s 2010 NYC Marathon Results

1. Gebre Gebrmariam (Ethiopia) – 2:08:14
2. Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) – 2:09:18
3. Moses Kigen Kipkosgei (Kenya) – 2:10:39
4. Abderrahim Goumri (Morocco) – 2:10:51
5. James Kwambai (Kenya) – 2:11:31
6. Meb Keflezighi (USA) – 2:11:38
7. Marilson Gomes Dos Santos (Brazil) – 2:11:51
8. Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) – 2:12:33
9. Abel Kirui (Kenya) – 2:13:01
10. Abderrahime Bouramdane (Morroco) – 2:14:07

Elite Women’s 2010 NYC Marathon Results

1. Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) – 2:28:20
2. Shalane Flanagan (USA) – 2:28:40
3. Mary Keitany (Kenya) – 2:29:01
4. Inga Abitova (Russia) – 2:29:17
5. Kim Smith (USA) – 2:29:28
6. Christelle Daunay (France) – 2:29:29
7. Ludmila Petrova (Russia) – 2:29:41
8. Caroline Rotich (Kenya) – 2:29:46
9. Madai Perez (Mexico) – 2:29:53
10. Buzunesh Deba (USA) – 2:29:55

View Results of All 2010 ING New York City Marathon Finishers

Congrats to Subway’s Jared Fogle, Chilean miner Edison Pena, and everyone else who also ran the 2010 NYC Marathon