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About
halfway through the 20th mile, Timothy Cherigat of
Kenya (not pictured)...
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the way. Somehow the lead vehicles managed to obstruct
our view of him, and we...
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even see him go by. Above is the eventual runner-up,
Robert Cheboror, who ran...
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...2:11:49
to Cherigat's 2:10:37. The temperature at the start
of the race was already...
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...83
degrees, warming up to 85 by the finish. Many of the
athletes were grabbing...
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...water
from the unofficial fluid station set up across the
street from us.
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Above,
Martin Lel of Kenya cools off. Lel finished third
in 2:13:38.
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Lel
won the 2003 World Half Marathon Championships and
the ING New...
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...York
City Marathon. He trains in Italy and Kenya with Dr.
Gabriele...
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...Rosa's
group. He also finished third in the 2003 Boston Marathon.
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Lel
began running at the age of 10.
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He
is now 25 years old.
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Rodgers
Rop won both the Boston Marathon and the...
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...New
York City Marathon in 2002. This time out he...
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dropped out at the 25 mile mark.
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Stephen
Kiogora, 29, of Kenya finished fourth in 2:14:34...
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going through the halfway point in 1:05:31.
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Kiogora
had little marathon experience coming into Boston...
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he set a PR of 2:12:29 at the 2002 Cologne Marathon.
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He
holds a half marathon PR of 1:01:09.
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