Following Monday's race was sailed in a strong wind and a downhill journey, Mutai mark is not recognized as a record by the International Federation Atletismo.Pero Mutai mark sprayed the previous world record in Boston. In three minutes eclipsed the record that his compatriot Robert Cheruiyot Kiprono set last year.
Kenya also claimed victory in the women's race: Caroline Kilel was consecrated with a time of 2:22:36, beating by two seconds ahead of the American Desiree Davila. Dávila
set the pace in the final on Boylston Street and set the fastest time achieved by an American marathoner, five seconds faster than the mark he got Joan Benoit to win in 1983. Mutai
Kilel and each won $ 150,000 for the victory. Mutai get additional 50,000 world record and another $ 25,000 for the best time in Boston.
A year after Cheruiyot broke the world record of the race in less than a minute, the riders lined up in Hopkinton with temperatures ranging in the 4 degrees Celsius (40 Fahrenheit) and wind on the back, perfect weather for a marathon. Mutai and Moses Mosop
ran side by side in the final kilometers before Mutai took the lead on Boylston Street and crossed the finish line with a lead of four seconds.
This is the 19th Kenyan to win the last 21 years. Mutai raised his arms in the air and smiled with difficulty. Cheruiyot, who was injured on the side in a car accident in Kenya, left the race in the first half. No
U.S. man or woman, has won in Boston since Lisa Larsen-Weidenbach in 1985. Ryan Hall ran the fastest marathon by an American reached the finish in fourth place with a time of 2:04:58.
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