BOSTON MARATHON!

National coverage of the 2011 Boston Marathon was ... well, NON-EXISTENT! I was very disappointed that none of the main networks or even major sports networks followed the event.  Since I don't live near Boston, and don't have the "Universe" cable channel (who does??) I had to rely on tweets from the Boston Marathon and Runner's World websites.  I would really have loved to watch the race, especially since both the women's and men's were extra exciting this year.  I have been reading about Kara Goucher and was looking forward to seeing if she could pull of a win this year so shortly after having her first child.  As a mom of three, I think having children definitely changes your body and you have to work harder to get it back to speed.  American's clinched a few top titles, but no first place finishes this year!  Here's how they did ...

Top Men Finishers
Place	Name	Ctry	Time
1.	Geoffrey Mutai	KEN	2:03:02
2.	Moses Mosop	KEN	2:03:06
3.	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	ETH	2:04:53
4.	Ryan Hall	USA	2:04:58
5.	Abreham Cherkos	ETH	2:06:13

Top Women Finishers
Place	Name	Ctry	Time
1.	Caroline Kilel	KEN	2:22:36
2.	Desiree Davila	USA	2:22:38
3.	Sharon Cherop	KEN	2:22:42
4.	Caroline Rotich	KEN	2:24:26
5.	Kara Goucher	USA	2:24:52

Geoffrey Mutai ran the fastest marathon ever!  Unfortunately it's most likely not going to count as a new world record since the Boston Marathon is a net downhill course.  Desiree Davila rocked the women's race ... I can't imagine running so fast for so long.  How inspiring!

Go Desiree!!!