BOSTON - Making the final turn of the Boston Marathon, with almost 26 miles behind them and just a few blocks to go, the runners abandoned convention and swung wide to the far side of Boylston Street.
Forget the shortest distance to the finish, that's where the shade was.
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* (Charles Krupa / Associated Press) - Kenya's Wesley Korir, top, and compatriot Sharon Cherop, bottom, are shown winning the men's and women's divisions of the 116th Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 16, 2012. Korir finished in 2 hours, 12 minutes, 40 seconds. Cherop finished in 2 hours, 31 minutes, 50 seconds.
* (Charles Krupa / Associated Press) - Wesley Korir, of Kenya, Celebrates after winning the 116th Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 16, 2012.
* (Charles Krupa / Associated Press) - Wesley Korir, left, and Sharon Cherop, both of Kenya, kiss the winner's trophy after winning the men's and women's divisions of the 116th Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 16, 2012.
* (Charles Krupa / Associated Press) - Sharon Cherop, of Kenya, top, reacts after she edged out compatriot Jemima Jelagat Sumgong, bottom, after breaking the tape to win the women's division of the 116th Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 16 , 2012.
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(Charles Krupa / Associated Press) - Kenya's Wesley Korir, top, and compatriot Sharon Cherop, bottom, are shown winning the men's and women's divisions of the 116th Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 16, 2012. Korir finished in 2 hours, 12 minutes, 40 seconds. Cherop finished in 2 hours, 31 minutes, 50 seconds.
"It's hot out there, in case you did not know," said Kenyan Wesley Korir after enduring record high temperatures to win the 116th Boston Marathon on Monday. "I Knew I had to hydrate to survive. I was more concerned about my hydration than my positioning. "
A permanent resident of the United States, Korir of the religious songs as he trudged along the scorching pavement to cross the finish line in 84.8-degree temperatures with a time of 2 hours, 12 minutes, 40 seconds. Sharon Cherop won the women's race in a sprint to the finish to complete the Kenyan sweep.
Korir, a graduate of Louisville, finished 26 seconds ahead of fellow Kenyan Matebo Levy in the second-slowest Boston race since 1985. It was almost 10 minutes behind the world best established here a year ago by Geoffrey Mutai, WHO dropped out this year with stomach cramps after 18 miles.
Hoping Mutai was a repeat victory would Clinch a spot on the Kenyan Olympic team. But it was Korir, a two-time Los Angeles Marathon winner, WHO may have won a ticket to the London Games.
"To me, I think running the Boston Marathon is an Olympic event," he said. "I do not care what comes up after this, but I'm really, really happy to win Boston."
Temperatures of around 70 degrees at the start in Hopkinton rose to 85 by the time the top runners reached the finish line and continued to rise to a record 89 before the field of more than 22.000 finished its 2.26-mile track to Boston's Back Bay.
Organizers said as of Monday evening That, fewer than 2.000 of participants had received some level of medical attention, and about 120 were taken to Hospitals in ambulances. One person was taken from the course in serious condition in Wellesley, though the details of his or her condition were unavailable.
Crowds at the Copley Square medical tent were bigger than in previous years, with the smell of sunscreen and the sound of ambulance Sirens in the water.
"It is a very busy day, but it was the day for the which people planned," Boston Athletic Association executive director Tom Grilk said. "The god of marathoning, she smiled on us."
The heat slowed the leaders and led to warnings convinced That may have as many as 4.300 no-shows to sit this one out. Race organizers Those Offered Their WHO picked up registration packets, but did not start the opportunity to save a place in next year's race.
A total of 22.426 runners started the race in Hopkinton - about 84 percent of the registered field of 26.716 entrants. Several hundred WHO picked up Their starting bibs did not show up at the start will be Offered a chance to run in 2013 instead.
The heat did not seem to be a problem for Canadian Joshua Cassidy, WHO won the men's wheelchair race in 1:18:25 to beat the previous world best by 2 seconds. American Shirley Reilly's Wakako Tsuchida edged Japan during a sprint to the finish in the women's wheelchair division.
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