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America’s Marketing Nightmare – the Foreign Runners Who Dominate the Boston Marathon

Written by admin on January 27th, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

© 2008 Ed BagleyThey ran the 112th Boston Marathon Monday (4-21-08). The triumph was that Robert Cheruiyot (try to say something close to Cherry-ott) of Kenya won his 4th Boston Marathon. The tragedy was that America hardly noticed.Cheruiyot won the 26.2-mile race in 2 hours, 7 minutes and 45 seconds. He ran alone for the last several miles. Cheruiyot won the Boston Marathon in 2003, set the course record while winning in 2006, and won in 2007, making this year's victory his 3rd straight and 4th in 6 years.Excuse me while I inhale deeply due to boredom.Two guys from Morocco finished 2nd and 3rd Read more...