2018 Boston Marathon live updates
News from the 2018 race from Hopkinton to Boston.
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TFW you could wring enough water out of your jacket to fill a kiddie pool, but the first four sinks you try at the Mass Pike’s Natick rest stop all fail to yield even a drop. 🤷♂️☔️by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 9:45:57 PM -
Some race stats, from the Boston Athletic Association:
There were 30,039 registered for the 2018 Boston Marathon.
Of those, 27,362 picked up their bib number this weekend
Of that group, 27,048 crossed the starting line, which is about on par with normal.Globe Sports 4/16/2018 7:14:59 PM -
And through the magic of chips, bibs, and @bostonmarathon runner tracking (baa.org/individual.html), while checking the spelling of her name I see that she's already crossed the finish 26.2 miles away -- and shaved 10 minutes off her 2017 time, despite the cold and downpour.by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 6:39:49 PM
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... But she was pumped up, like others around her, queuing to start about 10:50 am. "Everyone's excited still. It's such an honor to be here, and it's such an amazing race. The crowds are unbelievable. It's like nothing I've ever run before, and this is my 7th marathon." ... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7MInkVwAEcoEx.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 6:36:19 PM -
Last yr she did her first @bostonmarathon in 3:36:13, on a clear 70+F day. She prefers "5-10 degrees" C (meaning 41-50F). On today's weather: "It's challenging to stay warm before. During the race, you heat up, but you can lose your heat really quickly." ...by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 6:32:45 PM
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As husband of a proud Torontonian, and dad to a dual-citizen toddler, I used a Canada mitten to keep my phone & recorder dryish after my pockets soaked through at the @bostonmarathon start. So I couldn't help but notice runner Ainsley Heyes's maple-leaf poncho and temp tattoo... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KLDOU0AErsav.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KLDPU8AAmSay.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KLDPVMAEU7BY.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KIbNVwAAP61u.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 6:27:36 PM -
As husband of a proud Torontonian, and dad to a dual-citizen toddler, I used a Canada mitten to keep my phone & recorder dryish after my pockets soaked through at the @bostonmarathon start. So I couldn't help but notice runner Ainsley Heyes's maple-leaf poncho and temp tattoo... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KLDOU0AErsav.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KLDPU8AAmSay.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KLDPVMAEU7BY.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KIbNVwAAP61u.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 6:27:35 PM -
As husband of a proud Torontonian, and dad to a dual-citizen toddler, I used a Canada mitten to keep my phone & recorder dryish after my pockets soaked through at the @bostonmarathon start. So I couldn't help but notice runner Ainsley Heyes's maple-leaf poncho and temp tattoo... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KLDOU0AErsav.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KLDPU8AAmSay.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KLDPVMAEU7BY.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KIbNVwAAP61u.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 6:27:33 PM -
As husband of a proud Torontonian, and dad to a dual-citizen toddler, I used a Canada mitten to keep my phone & recorder dryish after my pockets soaked through at the @bostonmarathon start. So I couldn't help but notice runner Ainsley Heyes's maple-leaf poncho and temp tattoo... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KLDOU0AErsav.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KLDPU8AAmSay.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KLDPVMAEU7BY.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da7KIbNVwAAP61u.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 6:27:30 PM -
Des Linden said she felt so bad early on she thought about not finishing the #BostonMarathon , which is why she waited for Shalane Flanagan at the bathroom. Said she’d try to stop the wind for herby Anthony Gulizia, Sports via twitter 4/16/2018 5:44:08 PM -
Less cowbell: Kathy Curry, a Hopkinton fixture selling hand-painted cowbells (add your name/your favorite runner's name at no extra charge) at the @bostonmarathon start, sold less than 1/4 her usual #. "I've never seen so few people at the start, ever." https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da68Zu6VwAAVyV_.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da68Zu7VQAAYaWr.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da68Zu7VAAAb5QV.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 5:28:16 PM -
Less cowbell: Kathy Curry, a Hopkinton fixture selling hand-painted cowbells (add your name/your favorite runner's name at no extra charge) at the @bostonmarathon start, sold less than 1/4 her usual #. "I've never seen so few people at the start, ever." https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da68Zu6VwAAVyV_.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da68Zu7VQAAYaWr.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da68Zu7VAAAb5QV.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 5:28:15 PM -
Less cowbell: Kathy Curry, a Hopkinton fixture selling hand-painted cowbells (add your name/your favorite runner's name at no extra charge) at the @bostonmarathon start, sold less than 1/4 her usual #. "I've never seen so few people at the start, ever." https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da68Zu6VwAAVyV_.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da68Zu7VQAAYaWr.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da68Zu7VAAAb5QV.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 5:28:14 PM -
(Sorry, that one was just my notebook — my phone is also worse for wear.) Take two, my notebook and me... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da63O_bVAAIDcMs.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 5:04:37 PM -
My notebook and me, after six hours at the @bostonmarathon starting line https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da62efaUQAAyPw0.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 5:01:15 PM -
Completing the #BostonMarathon in today’s weather seems absolutely miserable. Men’s push rim winner Marcel Hug: “I never got warm. My body was shaking.”by Anthony Gulizia, Sports via twitter 4/16/2018 4:59:22 PM
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Rachel G Bowers, Producer 4/16/2018 4:53:33 PM -
Meanwhile, in a neat little case of symmetry, the @bostonmarathon starting line cleanup/dismantling in Hopkinton is mostly done by the time the elite runners reach Boylston Street. (And that’s @massbaybigs collecting all the clothing runners shed at the start.) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6z9zDUMAAo-2K.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6z9fnVQAE9PbV.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6z9THVMAUSNGS.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 4:50:19 PM -
Meanwhile, in a neat little case of symmetry, the @bostonmarathon starting line cleanup/dismantling in Hopkinton is mostly done by the time the elite runners reach Boylston Street. (And that’s @massbaybigs collecting all the clothing runners shed at the start.) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6z9zDUMAAo-2K.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6z9fnVQAE9PbV.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6z9THVMAUSNGS.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 4:50:18 PM -
Meanwhile, in a neat little case of symmetry, the @bostonmarathon starting line cleanup/dismantling in Hopkinton is mostly done by the time the elite runners reach Boylston Street. (And that’s @massbaybigs collecting all the clothing runners shed at the start.) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6z9zDUMAAo-2K.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6z9fnVQAE9PbV.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6z9THVMAUSNGS.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 4:50:17 PM -
'These people are moving way too slow'
As the competitors of the wheelchair division crossed the finish line, race volunteers shouted down any bystander too slow to clear a path.“These people are moving way too slow,” one race volunteer muttered. “We got a race going on here.”After traveling over 26 miles through a flurry of rain coming from every which direction, the competitors heaved and gasped their way to medical tent where groups of volunteers waited at the entrance.Once inside, many were lifted them out of their race wheelchairs and laid down them on a cot where they were immediately wrapped in space blankets and towels.“You plan for this and get all set up but things never go to plan,” said Chris Amouri, a medical volunteer.After the first dozen athletes, the groups began to find a rhythm as they handled cases, helping each other out as needed. The challenge, several said, was treating immediate competitors and considering supplies for future cases. An announcement had already went out to limit towel use.“You do the best you can,” said Amouri.— Jermone Campbell, Globe StaffRachel G Bowers, Producer 4/16/2018 4:45:23 PM -
McFadden has won her 22d Abbott World Major. Damn impressiveby Anthony Gulizia, Sports via twitter 4/16/2018 4:43:24 PM
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A pair of dedicated marathon spectators
In her 30 years, Breda O'Connor has only missed one Boston Marathon."And that was because my family was on vacation," says the Framingham resident, adding that even that year, the family watched it on TV.So she and fiancé Matt Hurley, 32, weren't going to let a little rain (and wind, and frigid temperatures) stop them from being on the sideline Monday. Dressed in rainproof gear and toting a cowbell, the pair stood near Heartbreak Hill cheering on the first elite women runners to arrive.Though they'd been hopeful the dismal weather reports from the past few days would prove inaccurate — "Even yesterday, I was still convinced it was going to change," she said — they were preparing for a long day Monday out in the elements."Most of our friends are running for charity teams," said O'Connor, who had arrived at 9 a.m. "So it's gonna be another four or five hours until they get here."— Dugan Arnett, Globe StaffRachel G Bowers, Producer 4/16/2018 4:08:51 PM -
Rachel G Bowers, Producer 4/16/2018 3:49:03 PM
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Rachel G Bowers, Producer 4/16/2018 3:48:52 PM
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Notebook from earlier in the weekend twitter.com/bglobesports/s…by Anthony Gulizia, Sports via twitter 4/16/2018 3:46:01 PM
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From one @Patriots fan favorite to another: Here’s Bruschi giving a shoutout to the @flutiefdn runners, including @DougFlutie himself, at starting line of 122d @bostonmarathon : “Have a great run, Doug ... Love you, buddy!” https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6kvUVVwAAc8hf.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6kvUWUMAAWb5A.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6kvUXUQAA5dcu.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 3:43:52 PM -
From one @Patriots fan favorite to another: Here’s Bruschi giving a shoutout to the @flutiefdn runners, including @DougFlutie himself, at starting line of 122d @bostonmarathon : “Have a great run, Doug ... Love you, buddy!” https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6kvUVVwAAc8hf.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6kvUWUMAAWb5A.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6kvUXUQAA5dcu.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 3:43:52 PM -
From one @Patriots fan favorite to another: Here’s Bruschi giving a shoutout to the @flutiefdn runners, including @DougFlutie himself, at starting line of 122d @bostonmarathon : “Have a great run, Doug ... Love you, buddy!” https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6kvUVVwAAc8hf.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6kvUWUMAAWb5A.jpg">https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Da6kvUXUQAA5dcu.jpg
by Eric Moskowitz via twitter 4/16/2018 3:43:51 PM -
Rachel G Bowers, Producer 4/16/2018 3:39:49 PM