Yuki Kawauchi’s surprise win in Boston

Linden finished fourth in the Boston Marathon past year.

The victory, which saw Kawauchi chase down Geoffrey Kirui and erase the defending champion’s 1½-minute lead, only added to Kawauchi’s impressive résumé and reputation for being distance running’s self-coached iron man who competes in more than 10 marathons per year.

Keflezighi, a four-time Olympian and 2004 marathon silver medalist, raced with the names of four victims of the 2013 bombings scribbled on the corners of his bib, as he did when he won in 2014.

The couple partnered with Hotshot, which sells a product to treat the muscle cramping that sidelined Kiely’s run past year, to raise awareness for Journey Forward, the facility where Wetherbee is going through rehabilitation.

Marcel Hug of Switzerland earned his fifth wheelchair victory, and American Tatyana McFadden won the women’s wheelchair race for the fifth time, pushing though puddles that sent the spray from their wheels into their eyes. “I love this race, this course”. Runners were mostly reluctant to run out in front of the pack early on. Today’s competition marked her fourth entry in the Boston race and the most anticipated one in her professional career. The 1905 race reportedly topped 100 degrees. This year it’ll be much colder and wetter.

The first wave of mobility=impaired participants will set out at 8:40 a.m.

Runners crossed their arms around their chests, leaping and down in a try to stay warm and rubbing their toenails.

Diana Dearden, a 26-year-old runner from Wilmington, Delaware, says she feels challenged by the rain and is anxious the cold will lead to problems.

When the national anthem played after she won, Linden said she mentally replayed the scenario when she was just six miles in.

Connor Buchholz, a 25-year-old from Toledo, Ohio, qualified for Boston with a race in Pennsylvania in September.

“Actually, when I first started watching marathons, I was, like, ‘That’s insane”. He said hearing the anthem because of his accomplishment was an emotional feeling. “We register people as they specify themselves to be”, Tom Grilk, who heads up the Boston Athletic Association, told the Associated Press.

He split the downhill 5k from 35k to 40k in 17:33 (5:38.9 mile pace) and his lead was down to 20 seconds over Kawauchi, who covered the same ground in 16:22 (5:16.1 mile pace).