Boston Marathon

More than 26,000 runners were lining up for the Boston Marathon 2010. Pressure was high on New York City Marathon winner Meb Keflezighi and fellow American Ryan Hall as they were expected to give the United States its first men’s win since 1983.

After leading most of the first 10 miles Ryan Hall fell back letting Deriba Merga and Chala Dechase of Ethiopia move forward only to come back and regain the lead 15 minutes later.

Approaching route 128 and the Wellesley-Newton line the leading group of athletes was down to seven consisting of Meb Keflezighi, Robert Cheruiyot, Tekeste Kebede, Deriba Merga, Moses Kigen, Abderrahim Goumri and Gilbert Yegon at the 15-miles mark.

Shortly after the 20-miles mark Kenyan athlete Robert Cheruiyot and Deriba Merga and Tekeste Kebede from Ethiopia opened the lead increasing the gap between them and the remaining group.

Finally, Robert Cheruiyot finished first with a new course record of 2:05:51 followed by Ethiopian Tekeste Kebede finishing second 2:07:23 and Deriba Merga finishing third in 2:08:39. Ryan Hall finished fourth in 02:08:41 the fastest time ever by an American and Mebrahtom Keflezighi fifth in 02:09:26. Robert Cheruiyot will take home the Boston Marathon winning prize of up to $150,000.

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