Kenyan citizen and permanent resident of the United States Wesley Korir and Sharon Cherop celebrate their win today at the Boston Marathon with a kiss.
Korir won the race in a time of 2 hours, 12 minutes, 40 seconds, which was the second slowest race time since 1995...as temperatures soared into the low 80's.
Cherop, also from Kenya, won the race in 2:31:50 in a dramatic sprint down Boylston Street to the finishline beating second place finisher Jemima Jelagat Sumgong by 2 seconds.
A total of 22,426 runners braved the very hot condition today out of a total of 27,000 registered runners with as many as 4,300 entrants opting to take up the race organizers on their offer of a one year deferred entry due to the high temperatures.
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