Tuesday, April 21, 2009

R2dM: KENYAN WINS WOMEN'S BOSTON MARATHON

RUNNERS WORLD. In the slowest Boston Marathon since 1985, Kenyan Salina Kosgei defeated Dire Tune on the strength of an incredible sprint finish that produced the narrowest winning margin in the event's 113-year history...

Goucher was visibly upset upon finishing and teared up several times as she spoke to reporters. "My initial plan was to wait to the very end and kick," she said, "but I looked around with 5 miles to go and just felt that there were too many people there. I felt great, so I just started to press. The whole time I felt like I had another gear. I don't know. They just had more."...

Read more @ http://bostonmarathon.runnersworld.com/2009/04/salina-kosgei-wins-boston-kara-goucher-3rd-.html

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