2017 Boston Marathon Post Race Presser for Men: Geoffrey Kirui, Galen Rupp, Suguru Osako, Abdi Adbirahman and Meb Keflezighi!

In a race with fast winds, heat and humidty, both the men’s and women’s races, were absolutely awesome. When is the last time you saw a guy (Galen Rupp) run a 4:48 mile an loose 21 seconds on the winner (Geoffrey Kirui)? The US had second (Galen Rupp), fourth (Shadrack Biwott), sixth, (Abdi Abdirhaman), ninth (Luke Puskedra) and tenth (Jared Ward). The last time there were more American men in the top then than Kenyan or Ethiopian men? You had to go back to 1985, the last year that Boston was an amateur race!

Here’s the presser from the wonders of Larry Eder’s Iphone. Sorry for the moving arm, but some provocative comments!

#Regram @heresrunners @kilometro42vzla Bestia!! Geoffrey Kirui nuevo campeÃ³n del maratÃ³n de Boston con unos parciales de 14:25 en los Ãºltimos 5 kilÃ³metros para detener el cronÃ³metro sobre las 2h09:37 KENIA DOMINO LA CARRERA. Luego de batallar con Galen Rupp (2h:09:58) y Suguro Osako 2h10:28 respectivamente Kirui supo como hacerlo aguas y cuÃ¡ndo atacar. Una carrera de estrategia que Kirui supo ganar. #bostonmarathon2017 #bostonstrong #boston #bostonmarathon #whyirunboston
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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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