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Monday, April 17, 2006

Kenya believe it: Boston Marathon Monday

It's Patriots Day in Massachusetts, that means the Red Sox are on at 11 am (Seattle had to wake up at 8 am to listen to the game on the radio, it was not on TV) and the world's greatest road race took place as 26.2 miles were lined with fans and well wishers for the 110th Boston Marathon.

The Men's elite hear the starting gun...

Everyone's favorites Dick and Rick Hoyt get their start in the wheelchair division. It was the 25th Boston Marathon for the Hoyts. Check out the link for the story of most inspirational father son duo of all time...

As for the winners it was all Kenya again. Men's winner Robert Cheruiyot crossed the finish line in a course record time of 2:07:14.

Your Uncle Buck suspects steroid use...

Women's winner Rita Jeptoo (right) of Kenya finished at 2:23:38 in her marathon debut in the United States.

As good as the Kenyans were, they were no match for the wheelchair racers. South Africa's Ernst Van Dyk won his sixth consecutive Boston Marathon in a time of 1:25:29.

Edith Hunkeler of Switzerland won the women's wheelchair division with a time of 1:43:42.

And it was a good day for UB who ran a personal best 5:58:35:

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