30,000 runners start wet, windy Boston Marathon
About 30,000 runners braved freezing and torrential rain and wind on the race between Hopkinton to Copley Square for the 2018 Boston Marathon.
Your 2018 #BostonMarathon Champions! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/QyfC2ipDYu
— Boston Marathon (@bostonmarathon) April 16, 2018
Yuki Kawauchi from Japan won the men's Boston Marathon with an unofficial time of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 58 seconds.
#Boston2018 Top Times (1/2):
— Boston Marathon (@bostonmarathon) April 16, 2018
1. Yuki Kawauchi (JPN) 2:15:58
2. Geoffrey Kirui (KEN) 2:18:23
3. Shadrack Biwott @skiptoob (USA) 2:18:35
4. @TylerPennel (USA) 2:18:57
5. Andrew Bumbalough @abumbalough (USA) 2:19:52
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He's the first Japanese man to win the Boston Marathon since 1987, according to The Associated Press, beating
Geoffrey Kirui, of Kenya, to win his first Abbott World Marathon major title.
Desiree Linden is the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon since 1985, the AP reported.
#Boston2018 Top Women's Times (1/2):
— Boston Marathon (@bostonmarathon) April 16, 2018
1. @des_linden🇺🇸 2:39:54
2. Sarah Sellers🇺🇸 2:44:04
3. Krista Duchene🇨🇦 2:44:20
4. Rachel Hyland🇺🇸 2:44:29
5. Jessica Chichester🇺🇸 2:45:23
Linden is a two-time Olympian and 2011 Boston runner-up. She ran the slowest time for a woman's winner since 1978 with a time of 2 hours, 39 minutes, 54 seconds, the AP reported.
Tatyana McFadden won the women's wheelchair race and her fifth Boston Marathon, while Marcel Hug took home his fourth consecutive Boston Marathon win in the male wheelchair division.
.@TatyanaMcFadden 🇺🇸 is your 2018 #BostonMarathon Champion in the push rim wheelchair division, capturing her 5th win here in Boston. It is her 22nd @WMMajors win, the most of any female wheelchair athlete.
— Boston Marathon (@bostonmarathon) April 16, 2018
McFadden's unofficial finishing time 2:04:39 - slowest in 30 yrs
Congratulations to the 2018 #BostonMarathon Champion in the men’s push rim wheelchair division @MarcelEricHug! That’s 4 in a row! pic.twitter.com/zkNIDXye7I
— Boston Marathon (@bostonmarathon) April 16, 2018
The cold weather was a big problem for some runners at the marathon. The marathon’s medical director told Boston 25 news that hundreds of people suffered from hypothermia and cold-weather related issues.
The @bostonmarathon Medical Director says they are seeing hundreds of cases of hypothermia and other cold weather related issues. The Dr says when runners stop running their core temperature drops quite precipitously.
— Robert Goulston (@rgoulston) April 16, 2018
Weather can be a challenge for runners of the Boston Marathon, according to the AP:
- Monday had temperatures in the 30s with rain and wind.
- In 2007, the area had a nor'easter leading up to the race.
- Five marathons were run in snow; latest in 1967.
- In 1976 temperatures were so hot that the race was nicknamed "Run for the Hoses." Runner's World reported that temperatures hit mid-90s.
- In 2012, temperatures hit 89 degrees.
- In 1905, temperatures topped 100 degrees.
- In 1939, racers ran in the dark at the start of the marathon thanks to a storm and partial solar eclipse.
- In 2002, the mist was so thick that helicopters covering the race were grounded.
- In 2010, flights for runners heading to Boston were grounded because of a volcano in Iceland that was spewing ash into the sky that stopped air traffic in Europe grounded for weeks.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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