BOSTON (AP) — John Korir of Kenya joined his brother as a Boston Marathon champion on Monday, following the hoofsteps of a Paul Revere reenactor who rode down Boylston Avenue and proclaimed “the runners are coming” because the race celebrated the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the Revolutionary Struggle.
Six months after profitable Chicago, Korir mastered the 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Boston’s Copley Sq. in an unofficial 2 hours, 4 minutes, 44 seconds — the second-fastest profitable time in race historical past.
After crossing the road, he was greeted by his older brother, 2012 Boston winner Wesley Korir. Though the race has been gained by a pair of unrelated John Kelleys and two completely different Robert Cheruiyots, the Korirs are the primary brothers — or kinfolk of any sort — to win the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon.
Conner Mantz of Provo, Utah, completed fourth after dropping a three-way dash to the end with Alphonce Felix Simbu of Tanzania and Cybrian Kotut of Kenya. Simbu was second and Kotut was third.
Korir ran with out his bib displaying, pulling it out of his operating tights as he sprinted down Boylston Avenue.
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