John Korir ran 2:01:52 to shatter the Boston Marathon course record as 13 men broke 2:06 in the deepest race in Boston history.  Zouhair Talbi rran 2:03:45, the fastest ever by an American citizen and Charles Hicks became the 2nd fastest at 2:04:35.

Only four Americans have run faster than the 2:06:39 pb Talbi, a 2024 Olympian for Morocco, ran to win last year's Houston Marathon. *MB: Zouhair Talbi - Ranking the US Marathoner's Prospects

Zouhair Talbi has had an unconventional path to 2023 Boston Marathon where he became one of a handful of men who can say they beat Eliud Kipchoge in the marathon.