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Carrie Tollefson, the 2004 USA 1,500 meter champion, trailed the lead group slightly. |
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The race features two out-and-back sections during which those further back in the race can catch a glimpse of the front-runners. |
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Athletes gradually fell off the back of the pack, and just under 20 minutes into the race, the lead pack was down to four athletes. |
Amy Mortimer runs in fifth place, ahead of Carrie Tollefson, Emilie Mondor, and Sylvia Mosqueda. |
Carrie Tollefson - who usually runs a maximum of 5,000 meters on the track - runs in sixth place. |
Sylvia Mosqueda (right) and Emilie Mondor run 7-8 in the fourth mile. |
A wheelchair competitor makes the turn onto the Harvard Bridge to head back over into Boston. (Must of the race is run in Cambridge.) |
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The leaders get ready to make the turn onto the Harvard Bridge, shortly after the four-mile mark. |
Marie Davenport (right) and Katie McGregor run shoulder to shoulder with Ethiopia's Aster Demissie in third. |
Amy Yoder-Begley had dropped back ever so slightly but was still within striking distance of the leaders. |
Amy Yoder-Begley. |
Marie Davenport and Katie McGregor lead the way over the bridge. |
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Amy Yoder-Begley works hard in fourth. |
Aster Demissie runs in third place. |
With less than two miles to go, it looked like it was going to be a three-woman race. |
Davenport is an Irish citizen but she attended Providence College and now lives in Connecticut. |
McGregor was a top runner for the University of Michigan, and she now lives in Minneapolis and runs for Team USA Minnesota. |
