Geoffrey Mutai ran 26.2 miles faster than any human being, ever, but it's still not a world record. The Boston Athletic Association won't appeal an IAAF decision to not certify Mutai's 2:03:02 time from last week's Boston Marathon as the world record. IAAF rules exclude Boston from world-record consideration because the course is "too straight and too downhill."
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TripAdvisor says the following four New England beaches are among the Top 25 in the United States: Race Point Beach in Provincetown, Ogunquit Beach in Oqunquit, Maine, Ridgevale Beach in Chatham, and Surfside Beach in Nantucket. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Dario Finkel, 26, of Salem is charged with attempted murder for allegedly stuffing a baby wipe in his 7-week-old son's mouth, dropping him to the floor and throwing him. He's held without bail and has a restraining order against. Finkel was allegedly enraged by the baby's crying last night. There were bruises on the infant's stomach and upper lip, according to EMS. Finkel is also charged with two counts of reckless endangerment of a child, one count of assault and battery with injury on a child under 14, and one count of domestic assault and battery. A dangerousness hearing is set for April 27. [Globe]
Poland Spring Spring Water is the official bottled water sponsor of the Boston Marathon. The company will stage hydration stations on the route and will provide wrist wallets to runners. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Niketown Boston has no official agreement with the Boston Marathon. The Newbury Street store is still planning a series of events to prep runners for the April 18 race. Look for expert training, weekly runs on Wednesdays evenings, free shoe tests, and more before race day. Winning brews in the 2011 Samuel Adams LongShot American Homebrew Contest - Category 23 are being sold in a six-pack. The pack includes two bottles of Richard Roper's Friar Hop Ale, Rodney Kibzey's Blackened Hops, and Caitlin DeClercq's Honey B's Lavender Wheat. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
After three straight losses, Bruins management seems upset. Peter Chiarelli got a new player and Claude Julien called their play "unacceptable." Part of the problem is that Phil Kessel, who had never scored a goal against the Bruins, scored twice, including the score that tied the game in the third, to power Toronto to a 4-3 win over Boston. Daniel Paille, Gregory Campbell, and Patrice Bergeron scored goals in the loss. Tim Thomas allowed two late goals.
- Rep. Ed Markey wants more information from Facebook on how to keep private information private. [Bloomberg.com]
- The town of Norton banned teachers from listing students as friends on Facebook. [Attleboro Sun Chronicle]
When it comes to baseball, the old adage sported on many a touristy t-shirt rings true. We support two teams: the Red Sox and whomever beats the Yankees. As such, on a rare Boston sports off-day Monday, we were cheering on the Rangers as they made us proud and took a 2-1 ALCS lead over New York. Bolstered by another dazzling performance by Cliff Lee (13 strikeouts during the 8-0 Rangers victory, which was a much closer game than the score indicates, thanks to six runs given up by the New York bullpen in the ninth), the Rangers made up for the debacle that was Friday night's Game 1. Now MLB officials and advertisers can start panicking about the idea of a Rangers-Giants World Series.
- Boston City Council president Michael P. Ross won't endorse an arbitrator's decision that settles Mayor Menino's contract dispute with firefighters without a hearing. Firefighters get a 19% raise over four years for submitting to random drug and alcohol testing. [Boston Globe]
- At-large Councilor Ayanna Pressley seems to agree with Michael Ross. [Universal Hub]
There was rain. There was volcanic ash. There were jitters, fears, and crossed fingers. And then there was Marathon Monday, a picture perfect April day that featured some of the most thrilling area sports action we've seen in quite some time.
We gave you some of the 2010 Boston Marathon results earlier, but here are the full results, as well as some sweet photos from some of our awesome Flickr contributors.
Teyba Erkesso of Ethiopia won the women's marathon in 2:26:11. She had led the pack since mile 15. Tatyana Pushkareva came in second in at 2:26:14 and defending champion Salina Kosgei was third in 2:28:35. Among the men, Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (confusingly not the same Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot who's won Boston four times already) dominated and set a goddamn course record of 2:05:51. Tekeste Kebede was the runner-up in 2:07:23, followed by last year's winner Deriba Merga in third (2:08:39) and Ryan Hall in fourth (2:08:41). Meanwhile, the rest of us just sit lazily in our desk chairs, refreshing marathon results as we stuff our faces with lunches of processed foods made with high fructose corn syrup, and plan for free ice cream. Oh, America. [BAA, Globe]
If there's anything positive the Red Sox can take away from yesterday's game (spoiler: there's not), it's that they didn't get no-hit on an afternoon that seemed made for it. Of course, their first hit was nullified when Adrian Beltre tried to stretch a wall-ball into a double. It was that kind of a day.
And they're off! The elite women started running the 114th annual Boston Marathon a few moments ago, meaning that they'll be downtown in about two hours, meaning that they're approximately 4000% faster than you'll ever be. Yurika Nakamura of Japan was leading last time we checked. Wheelchair racers were off earlier in the hour and the elite men (as well as some regular folks) start at 10:00. The last pack of runners goes out at 10:30. We're stuck in the (wrong) suburbs right now, but WBZ and the Globe have live marathon coverage.
Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Days always inspire lines of sufficient lengths to make us scream, "Ten dollars! We'll pay you ten dollars not to have to wait in this line! Twenty! Someone just get me out of here! I don't even want any ice cream anymore!" But other people really enjoy the idea of waiting forever for free stuff. If you're one of those people, you may want to wait in line for a taste of Boston Cream Pie, the latest (only?) Ben & Jerry's flavor to be both Boston-themed and given away for free for a limited time only.
Last year, we compiled the ultimate Boston Marathon Guide including tips on where to watch the Boston Marathon, what to watch out for at the Boston Marathon (chafed nipples, for one), and even some Boston Marathon photos. But this year may be an exceptional running of Boston for a couple of reasons, most notably due to the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland.
- What is faster than the speeding Green Line? A hamburger? [Wicked Local Allston]
- Students at Dedham High appear to have planned and carried out a food fight. [Dedham Daily News Transcript]
- Close to two dozen runners expected to compete in the 114th Boston Marathon on Monday are stranded in Europe by Iceland's volcanic ash cloud. [WCVB]
If you suspect that you are suffering from a sports hangover today, know that you're not alone. As a reward to all the Bostonians who (somewhat) graciously gave up our city to marathoners on Monday, the fates decided to bestow upon fans pretty much the single greatest championship-free sports day we can expect to see this year; while we were anticipating a busy day, we weren't quite expecting things to be that sensational.
Bostonist was on Beacon Street today, catching the marathoners at about the 23-mile mark. We saw Deriba Merga and Kara Goucher come by in first; Merga went on to win while Salina Kosgei pulled through for the women's win. Check out the pics! Top five in each race:
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Well, it's Marathon Weekend. The tourists are here, the runners are out, and the course setup has commenced. Once a year, the Marathon turns runners into celebrities, motivated regular people into athletes, and lazy regular people into drunken spectators. Over the years, Bostonist has compiled a collection of tips on the Marathon; here, we review them for your convenience. We'll be providing a photo gallery of the course later today or tomorrow.
WBZ reports that the caffeination conundrum affects marathoners, too. Some folks load up on coffee before the race; others use (ew) decarbonated Coke. (Carbonation is often thought to decrease the amount of oxygen that can be carried in the blood—a bad idea when you're embarking on a 26.2-mile run.) Caffeine goes into effect about half an hour after you ingest it, and may let muscles use fat stores for energy sooner than they would otherwise. It also reduced perceived effort. Sounds like a feasible reason to caffeine up, but we'd probably still be drinking water before the race. If we were ambitious enough to run it.
Since the Red Sox have had recent success in Game 7 situations, the Bruins were probably hoping that it would rub off on them, allowing them to shake off a history of constantly losing Game 7. Sorry, try again. Last night brought a close to the hockey season in Boston, when the Bruins lost to the Montreal Canadiens in a 5 – 0 shutout. Habs rookie goalie Casey Price won his second shutout of this series. Elder statesmen of the Bruins Glenn Murray was out most of the game due to getting slammed into the boards and suffering from an injury to his mid section.
--Leaks into tunnels may not endanger cars or trains, but Back Bay & South End buildings might collapse. [Boston Globe]
The results are in: Robert Cheruiyot repeated last year's victory to join an elite group of individuals who've achieved four Boston victories (Clarence DeMar, Gerard Cote, Bill Rodgers and Catherine Ndereba also have that distinction). Dire Tune won on the women's side in an amazing sprint to the finish. She's the second Ethiopian woman to win Boston (the first was Fatuma Roba). Top five in each race: