Real-time runners' results will be available here throughout race day, Monday April 19, 2010.
Start times are as follows:
Push Rim Wheelchair Start: 9:17 a.m.
Elite Women Start: 9:32 a.m.
Elite Men & Wave 1 Start: 10:00 a.m.
Wave 2 Start: 10:30 a.m.
If conditions are right, records may be broken. Eight-time men's Wheelchair winner and record holder Ernst van Dyk will be aiming to set another course best, while seven of the elite men runners have personal best times that are below the Boston course record.
Here are the course records as they stand today:
Men's Open:
Robert K. Cheruiyot (Kenya), 2:07:14, 2006
Women's Open:
Margaret Okayo (Kenya), 2:20:43, 2002
Men's Masters:
John Campbell (New Zealand), 2:11:04, 1990
Women's Masters:
Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova (Russia), 2:27:58, 2002
Men's Wheelchair:
Ernst Van Dyk (South Africa), 1:18:27, 2004
Women's Wheelchair:
Jean Driscoll (United States), 1:34:22, 1994
Boston Marathon Photos
We have been shooting candid and action race photos at the Boston Marathon since 2005. An in-depth portfolio of these images can be viewed here.
The best of these photos have just been published in a full-color, 8x10 book: Boston Marathon Portraits: Pictures of Inspiration. Examples from this new book are shown below.
Boston Marathon 2010 photos are posted here throughout race weekend and on race day.
- Defending Champions' 2010 Introduction Ceremony
- Second annual Boston Marathon 5k (Sunday April 18)
- Boston Marathon race day photos
New Book: Boston Marathon Portraits -- Full Color Race Photos
Boston Marathon Portraits: Pictures of Inspiration
Boston Marathon Portraits features dramatic images of exceptional runners, in an exceptional race, doing the exceptional: starting, finishing and celebrating success on the ultimate runner's journey, the Boston Marathon. Live and in color.
On race day, Boston comes alive with anticipation, excitement, motivation, determination, speed, challenges, success, disappointment, elation, pain, and finally, no matter what it takes to cross that finish line: pride.
This book presents these emotions and the action of the Boston Marathon, focusing on striking scenes and candid photos of runners before the race, at the starting line, the finish line and when the celebration of finishing begins.
With images shot primarily at the 2009 Boston Marathon, the book features more than 120 full-color photos in a large 8x10 format, capturing the spectrum of inspiring runners of all ages from around the world.
Featured elite runners include Americans Kara Goucher and Ryan Hall, former champions Robert Cheruiyot and Lidiya Gregoryeva, race winners Salina Kogei and Deriba Merga, and others.
Publication Date:
Apr 05 2010
ISBN/EAN13:
1451597363 / 9781451597363
Page Count:
132
Binding Type:
US Trade Paper
Trim Size:
8" x 10"
Language:
English
Color:
Full Color
Related Categories:
Sports & Recreation / Running & Jogging
On race day, Boston comes alive with anticipation, excitement, motivation, determination, speed, challenges, success, disappointment, elation, pain, and finally, no matter what it takes to cross that finish line: pride.
This book presents these emotions and the action of the Boston Marathon, focusing on striking scenes and candid photos of runners before the race, at the starting line, the finish line and when the celebration of finishing begins.
With images shot primarily at the 2009 Boston Marathon, the book features more than 120 full-color photos in a large 8x10 format, capturing the spectrum of inspiring runners of all ages from around the world.
Featured elite runners include Americans Kara Goucher and Ryan Hall, former champions Robert Cheruiyot and Lidiya Gregoryeva, race winners Salina Kogei and Deriba Merga, and others.
Publication Date:
Apr 05 2010
ISBN/EAN13:
1451597363 / 9781451597363
Page Count:
132
Binding Type:
US Trade Paper
Trim Size:
8" x 10"
Language:
English
Color:
Full Color
Related Categories:
Sports & Recreation / Running & Jogging
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