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2010 Boston Marathon in Pictures

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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. more ›

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] more ›

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: more ›

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