Boston Marathon 2008 - Complete Coverage

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The 112th Running of the Boston Marathon. With 111 years of prior history, there is more to write about this race than any other in the world. This is the race that "real" marathoners try to qualify for and run at least once in their life. This is a race that Elite marathoners want to add to their list of victories. What a race - and each year is wonderful.

The Elite Race Post-Race/Race Recaps Post Race Articles in Progress in the meantime, read: Live Coverage - How It All Happened Race Preview Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot will go for a record fourth Boston Marathon victory and third in a row. The other top four men from 2007 will be returning to try to make sure that Cheruiyot is unsuccessful in that attempt. Lyudmila Grigoryeva and Jelena Prokopcuka will continue their back-and-forth rivalry as Grigoryeva attempts to defend her title and Prokopcuka looks to add her first Boston victory after finishing runner-up twice. The Marathon Preview Previous Head-To-Head Performances/Meetings Some of the top men and women at the Boston Marathon have met before at various marathons. How have they performed against each other? What can that tell you about how they will perform in the 2008 Boston Marathon. Take a look and make your determination. Previous Elite Head-To-Head Performances    Boston Marathon Interactive Pace Calculator Some will run the Boston Marathon with an even pace, but many will adjust their mile splits for the up and down hills - whether or not they plan to. The interactive Pace Calculator provides split points and times based on even pace or pace adjusted for the hills. It also provides time of day information so spectators can find and watch their favorite runner on the course. The Boston Marathon Pace Calculator/Guide    The Boston Marathon Course One intrepid marathoner ran the 2006 Boston Marathon - with camera and digital recorder in hand. The result: over 200 photographs and a dozen interviews chronicling the Boston Marathon experience. We didn't quite get this up in time after the 2006 Marathon, but here it is now... View and hear the course - as seen while running a 2:48 marathon. Boston Marathon Course - From the Inside

Video Features If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how much is a video worth? In this section, we've ferreted video footage that will help you prepare for the 2008 Boston Marathon: athlete interviews, recaps of past races, inspirational stories, historical footage, even a course tour... Video Introduction Athletes History The Course Interviews Inspiration    What Others Are Writing... We wish we had a bigger staff. We wish we could write all of the articles we'd like to write (and there are a lot of them). Fortunately, others are writing about the Boston Marathon - present and past. Here are links to Press Releases and News Articles - not written by us, but at least we've found these for you... Boston Marathon Press Releases    Read All About It... The Boston Marathon is, arguably, the most storied of all marathons. We know that phrase doesn't necessarily mean there have been a lot of books written about Boston, but there have been. Here is a selection of currently available books - for adults, children, even some works of fiction.... Boston Marathon Books    Past Years... MarathonGuide.com launched in March 2000 and each year since 2001 we've been at the Boston Marathon covering the event. With so many athletes returning each year, past races often provide insights into the current year's events and personalities. At what mile do the runners typically make their moves? Which runners have been successful with an early breakaway and which have failed? The answers to these and many other questions can be found in the past years' races. Boston Marathon 2007 Boston Marathon 2006 Boston Marathon 2005 Boston Marathon 2004 Boston Marathon 2003 Boston Marathon 2002 Boston Marathon 2001