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Marie Davenport warms up before the race. Rain fell steadily in the hour before the race, but by the time the race started... |
...the rain had turned to a lighter drizzle. More than 4,500 women lined up for the race, which started at noon next to the Boston Common. |
The race gets underway. |
The runners head up Charles Street shortly after the start. |
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The early leaders included #4 Amy Yoder-Begley, #10 Emilie Mondor, #7 Amy Mortimer, and #5 Katie McGregor. |
The runners head across the Longfellow Bridge. |
The runners, and the T, head across the bridge. |
Also near the lead are #6 Aster Demissie, #22 Collette Liss, #1 Marie Davenport, and #11 Carrie Tollefson. |
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Amy Yoder-Begley, a former NCAA champion for the University of Arkansas, runs near the front of the pack. |
Aster Demissie of Ethiopia heads around a relatively sharp turn just before the mile mark. |
Marie Davenport (front) and Amy Mortimer make the turn as well. |
Davenport, an Irish citizen who lives in Connecticut, was the race's defending champion. |
2005 USA 10,000m champion Katie McGregor leads a group of women. |
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L-R: Marie Davenport, Amy Yoder-Begley, Aster Demissie, and Katie McGregor lead the way approaching the mile mark. |
Katie McGregor (#5) later commented that the pace was relatively relaxed in the early miles, partially because... |
...no one wanted to slip on the wet streets. The race featured at least three relatively sharp turns. |
Though it only rained off and on throughout the race (and more heavily at the end), the streets were still quite wet. |
After hardly getting any rain all fall, Boston was in the midst of a rainy spell. |
