She'll take Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island. Already has, in
fact. John Hancock's town is another matter. "I won New York twice,"
Jelena Prokopcuka observes, "but I didn't win in Boston."
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Nairobi: Chicago marathon champion
Patrick Ivuti confirmed on Friday he has pulled out of the Boston
Marathon because of a bout of malaria, dimming his hopes of
participating in the Beijing Olympics....
Bill Rodgers had hoped to run Monday's Boston
Marathon to celebrate turning 60. Until the phone call came at the
beginning of December when he was in Barbados, informing him he had
prostate cancer. "I was having a good time with friends, drinking ru...
The Big Bang happened 20 years ago today, when Kenya's Ibrahim
Hussein outdashed Tanzania's Juma Ikangaa down Boylston Street and won
Boston by one second in the closest finish in the race's history and
the first victory by an African runner....
Trying to figure out where the best places are to watch the marathon? Take a look at these few hot spots, hopefully there will be more then just elbow room.
