News on Boston Marathon

Knee injury forces Keflezighi out of Half-Marathon

2010-03-10T12:16:00Z

<div><p>American Meb Keflezighi said Wednesday that a sore left knee will keep him from running in the New York Half-Marathon, what would have been his first race since winning the 2009 New York Marathon.</p><p>Keflezighi has not raced since last November, when he became the first Actress Valerie Bertinelli to run in Boston Marathon to raise money for cancer research</div><div><p>Valerie Bertinelli plans to run the Boston Marathon to raise money for cancer research.</p><p>The actress says she recently shed 40 pounds. She says running the famed...

Radcliffe seeks to finish year on high note in NY

2010-02-24T11:47:48Z

<div><p>Paula Radcliffe, holder of the marathon world record since 2003, will compete in Sunday's New York Marathon as she tries to end the year on a high note after a season of injury frustrations.</p><p>Radcliffe won here in 2004, 2007 and 2008 and is trying to achieve something that hasn't been done in...

Tulu to race New York Marathon

2010-02-24T16:02:17Z

<div><p>Two-time Olympic 10,000m champion Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia will race the New York City Maraton on November 1, organizers said Wednesday.</p><p>Tulu, 37, won Olympic 10,000 metre gold in 1992 and 2000, and took bronze at the Boston Marathon winner Robert Cheruiyot and reigning Boston women's champion Salina Kosgei were announced Wednesday as entrants for the New York Marathon.</p><p>But the race also l...

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2010-02-26T11:50:07Z

There you are at the most important business meeting of your life. You are dressed to impress and your presentation couldn?t be any better prepared unless Warren Buffet himself was the creator. Then all of the sudden you realize that you forgot your jump drive with all the files you need to make the presentation back at your office and the sweat begins to pour as if you had just run a the Ethiopia's Deriba Merga, Kenya's Salina Kosgei win Boston Marathon; Americans take third</div><div><p>An Ethiopian broke the Kenyan dominance of the Boston Marathon, the women raced to their closest finish ever and tw...

Van Dyk wins record 8th Boston Marathon

2010-03-02T15:48:00Z

<div id="subtitle">Van Dyk leads wire to wire to win 8th Boston Marathon wheelchair race, matches record</div><div><p>His seven wins in the Boston Marathon men's wheelchair race didn't do much for Ernst Van Dyk's confidence in his bid for a record eighth title on Monday.</p><p>Injuries at last y...

Cheruiyot, Tune fall short in Boston Marathon

2010-03-02T11:00:38Z

<div id="subtitle">Defending Boston Marathon champions Cheruiyot, Tune fall short a year later</div><div><p>Defending Boston Marathon champions Robert Cheruiyot (CHEH-ree-yot) and Dire Tune (DEER-ay TOO-nay) both spent time in the hospital after Monday's race.</p><p>Cheruiyot, of

'Boston Billy' Rodgers strong in Boston return

2010-03-02T14:18:52Z

<div id="subtitle">Four-time winner 'Boston Billy' Rodgers finishes in return to Boston Marathon</div><div><p>Four-time Boston Marathon winner Bill Rodgers returned to the race for the first time in a decade and finished in just over 4 hours.</p><p>The 61-year-old prostate cancer survivor, who had...

Tsuchida takes 3rd straight Boston wheelchair win

2010-03-02T15:30:02Z

<div id="subtitle">Japan's Wakako Tsuchida dominates in 3rd straight Boston Marathon wheelchair win</div><div><p>Japan's Wakako Tsuchida (Wah-KAH-koh Tu-SHEE-dah) has won her third straight wheelchair competition in the Boston Marathon.</p><p>Tsuchid...

Race still 26.2 miles, Marathon event gets longer

2010-03-02T16:37:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Boston Marathon organizers stretch event into the weekend</div><div><p>The Boston Marathon is getting longer.</p><p>Not the race — it remains at 26.2 miles for its 113th edition Monday — but the event that traditionally takes over the Boston streets on Patriots Day has spilled into the week...

Joan Benoit Samuelson 4th in Boston 5K

2010-03-02T16:39:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Joan Benot Samuelson is 4th in pre-Boston Marathon 5K</div><div><p>Joan Benoit Samuelson was back on the Boston Marathon course, running fourth in a new 5K on the day before the 113th edition of the traditional race.</p&...

Today in History - April 19

2010-03-03T05:33:37Z

<div id="subtitle">On April 19, 1775, the American Revolutionary War began with the battles of Lexington and Concord</div><div><p>Today is Sunday, April 19, the 108th day of 2009. There are 256 days left in the year.</p><p>Today's Highlight in History:</p><p>On April 19, 1775, the American Revolutionary War began w...

Boston Marathon 2009

2009-04-25T14:39:21Z

Apr 20, 2009 - Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA - BILL ROGERS, center, winner of the Boston Marathon 1975, 1978, 1979 and 1980, starts along side ED KNIGHTS, MD, (also Mr. Roger's primary care physician) and other runners during the second wave of...

Boston Marathon Finish

2009-04-21T20:06:30Z

Wakado Tsuchida of Japan gestures as she crosses the finish line to win the Women's Wheelchair division of the 113th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 20 April 2009. This was Tsuchida's second consecutive win of the Boston ...

Boston Marathon

2009-04-21T20:05:29Z

Deriba Merga of Ethiopia (R) runs at the start of the 113th annual Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA, 20 April 2009. Merga won the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:09.39

Deriba Merga of Ethiopia crosses the finish line after winning the 113th Boston Marathon with a time of 2:08:42 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 20 April 2009

Kenya (R) holds her hands high as she wins the Women's Division of the 113th Boston Marathon followed closely by second place winner Dire Tune of Etheopia (L) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 20 April 2009

Wakako Tsuchida of Japan adjusts her laurel wreath after wining the women's wheelchair division of the 113th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2009, in Boston.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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