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April 15, 2024

Ethiopia's Sisay Lemma Holds On and Wins 2024 Boston Marathon in 2:06:17 After 60:19 1st Half

Sisay Lemma dominated most of the Boston Marathon and held on to win the 2024 title by 41 seconds over countryman Mohamed Esa as defending champ Evans Chebet was third. Plus CJ Albertson reacts to breaking 2:10 for the first time and Meb runs Boston 10 years after his win.
April 12, 2024

10 Things We Learned at Boston Marathon Media Day

Evans Chebet says he's ready to run at the Olympics if Kenya names him to the team, plus updates from Emma Bates, CJ Albertson, & Jenny Simpson.
April 11, 2024

2024 Boston Marathon Men's Preview: Evans Chebet Goes for 3-Peat & Kenyan Olympic Berth

Chebet is trying to become the first man to win three straight since 2008, but his coach has revealed to LetsRun.com that he's been plagued by an Achilles issue during his buildup.
January 17, 2024

2024 Boston Marathon Elite Men's Field Released - Evans Chebet Will Try To 3-Peat

Evans Chebet will look to become the fifth man to ever 3-peat in Boston but he'll have to beat surprise entrant Sisay Lemma, who just ran 2:01:48 in  Valencia. *MB: Boston marathon announces 2024 Elite Field
April 13, 2023

Q&A With Reigning Champ Evans Chebet Ahead of 2023 Boston Marathon

Chebet, who used to never win (0 wins in his 1st 10 marathons with six 2nd place finishes), has been winning everything of late including in 2022 when he became the 5th man to win Boston & NYC in the same year, says those wins changed his life but he's excited about facing Eliud Kipchoge.
April 12, 2023

2023 Boston Men's Preview: Can Anyone Beat Eliud Kipchoge?

Kipchoge will have his hands full with the last two Boston champs, Benson Kipruto and Evans Chebet.
November 06, 2022

Evans Chebet Wins Crazy 2022 NYC Marathon

Evans Chebet won the NYC Marathon while Daniel Do Nascimento ran with pure guts and payed the price on the course.

April 19, 2022

2022 Boston Marathon Men's Report Cards

Some people think all that matters is the order you finish. Think again. The LRC Boston Marathon men's report cards are here.
April 18, 2022

Evans Chebet Flies Downhill to Win Boston Marathon in 2:06:51

Evans Chebet blasted a 13:55 5k from 35k to 40k to get the win in Boston.
December 06, 2020

Evans Chebet (2:03:00) and Peres Jepchirchir (2:17:16) Set Valencia Marathon Course Records As Genzebe Dibaba (65:18) Wins Her Half Marathon Debut

Pre-race, we said the Valencia fields were the deepest in history and that proved to be the case, particularly in the men's race where 30 men broke 2:10.
April 11, 2018

2018 Boston Marathon Men's Preview, Part I: Galen Rupp Seeks Revenge Against Defending Champ Geoffrey Kirui

An American-born man hasn't won the Boston Marathon since 1983. Galen Rupp enters Monday's race in the form of his life, but will that be enough as the men's field is a lot more difficult to win this year than last?
February 26, 2017

2017 Tokyo Marathon Results

February 23, 2017

Tokyo Marathon Men's Preview: The 2017 World Marathon Majors Kick Off & Wilson Kipsang Wants the World Record?

Wilson Kipsang just ran 2:03:13 in Berlin. He says he wants his world record back. We think a course record (2:05:42) is more reasonable. But it should be exciting nonetheless and the best part about it is you don't have to get up early to enjoy. Live Saturday night during prime-time.
December 31, 2016

2016 LRC Year-End Rankings, Men's Marathon: Eliud Kipchoge Caps a Historic Year as World #1 as Breakout Marathon Star Galen Rupp Leads the Americans

LRC supervisitor David Graham has rolled out his 2016 world rankings plus plenty more thoughts on the year in men's marathoning. Obviously the great Kipchoge is #1, but where does Rupp rank?
May 11, 2014

Patrick Terer And Firehiwot Dado Are Victorious At The 2014 Prague Marathon

Terer ran 2:08:07 to beat Evans Chebet by 10-seconds.  Cuthbert Nyasango was 3rd in a Zambabwe NR of 2:09:52. Moses Mosop had a disappointing race running 2:20:37 for 12th. 2011 NYC champ Dado dominated the women's race in 2:23:34.