Wow folks, Geoffrey Mutai wins the Boston Marathon 2011 with a 2:03:02 record breaking time. To put that in perspective, you'd be watching the end credits roll on Empire Strikes Back and still have 58 seconds to go until the final crescendo of John William's Rebel Fleet/End Title Medley score flittered past your eardrums, all the while Mutai would have finished running a full marathon and already be toweling the sweat dry from his forehead while soaking in his victory.
Further perspective, for the slightly less geeky, the Tokyo Marathon 2011 first place runner, Hailu Mekonnen, clocked in at 2:07:35. Not a record breaker, but still incredibly fast. Both Vin & I crossed the half marathon point at 2:13:09 (split), meaning Hailu was done running for the day, while we still had the second part of the race to finish; which was a long hard road indeed.
Mutai: "You don't look at world records. You just go" 2:03:02
A champion for sure, but an official world record holder, maybe not... When breaking a world record is not a world record
Very big congratulations to Japan's own Masazumi Soejima and Wakako Tsuchida for winning the men's & women's wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon. がんばろう日本
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