Lokedi blasted the downhill section from 35k to 40k in 14:48 (with a 4:35 24th mile!) en route to a repeat victory in Boston in 2:18:51. Jess McClain was the top American for the second straight year, running a pb of 2:20:07 for 5th.

Sharon Lokedi blasted 35k to 40k in 14:48 to win Boston in 2:18:51 and repeat as champion. Jess McClain’s 2:20:49 set a new American course record.

Lokedi turned the tables on Obiri after losing four straight and picked up a cool $200k in the process.  

No woman has 3-peated in Boston this century. Will Hellen Obiri end that streak on Monday? And do the Americans Keira D'Amato, Sara Hall, Emma Bates and Dakotah Popehn have much of a chance?

Sharon Lokedi (1:07:04) and Abel Kipchumba (59:09) were the winners as Americans Fiona O'Keefe (1:07:46) and Conner Mantz (59:15) were second.

Dakotah Popehn (formerly Lindwurm), Jessica McClain, and Aliphine Tuliamuk lead the US field. *Official 2024 New York City Marathon Discussion Thread.

Obiri got the win by running her final 4.2 plus miles at under 5-minute mile pace. Mile 23 was 4:57, mile 24 was 4:41, mile 25 was 4:54 and she ran her last mile in 4:51 to finally break free of Sharon Lokedi.

Obirit's coach, Dathan Ritzenhein, is confident that the Boston and NYC champ is ready to go. "We feel pretty confident that her fitness is the best it’s been for a marathon."

Hellen Obiri used a furious kick to turn the tables on Letesenbet Gidey and win the 2023 TCS New York City Marathon and become the first woman to win New York and Boston in the same year since Ingrid Kristiansen in 1989.

From "Poopgate" to the Abbott World Marathon Majors screwing over Eliud Kipchoge to Devon Allen's DQ to Max Siegel's salary, 2022 was a wild year on and off the track.

Sharon Lokedi got a huge win for herself and Under Armour as well as Hellen Obiri's debut fizzleed the final few miles. Aliphine Tuliamuk was first American.

On a hot and humid day in Massachusetts, Korir finally got the victory he so badly wanted after finishing in the top 3 each of the last 4 years. In the women's race, Sharon Lokedi, the 2018 NCAA 10,000 champ, was the surprise winner and American Sara Hall the even more surprising runner-up.

Cheserek ran 13:29 tying the road WR (the IAAF only started recognizing the 5000 road record in 2017). In the women's race, Cheserek's girlfriend and NCAA 10,000 champ Lokedi made her pro debut with a 15:48 victory.

Taylor outkicked Alice Wright and Sharon Lokedi as pre-race favorite Anna Rohrer couldn't overcome a herniated disc.