OT: Cool facts from today's Boston Marathon

[Blakeon18]

Low temperatures and a tailwind led to a men's record 2 hours one minute and 52 seconds Yikes!

Men's winner Johh Korir [Kenyan] winner and he also won last year.
Women's winner Sharon Lokeda [Kenyan] also won last year.

30,000 runners


Best USA man Zouhair Talbi 5th place
Best USA woman Jess McClain 5th place

Both races dominated by African runners. What a surprise! Uhh...NOT!

Prize money...same for both men and women

First place $150,000
Second place $75,000
Third place $40,000

With NIL money in college basketball I bet that $150,000 won't get
you a decent back-up point guard.

Buy yourself a seat just over the Green Monster....turn around and you get to
see the runners below nearing the finish line.

Boston Marathon; still and hopefully furthermore one of the great
sporting events in the USA.

 

[Bigboote]

Suni Williams may be the first current astronaut to finish Boston. I don’t know if it’s the case, but it’s still pretty cool.

 

[BRS24]

Loved Marathon Day when in college in MA, we got Patriot's Day off and a nice 3 day weekend.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Chelsea Clinton ran about 3:45. Very respectable for a non-athlete.

 

[Wally East]

Chelsea Clinton ran about 3:45. Very respectable for a non-athlete.

Anyone who runs a marathon is an athlete 🙂

 

[Phil]

My daughter finished in 3:30. Not her best time, but her first Boston.