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Venice Runner Completes Boston Marathon
Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai runs fastest time ever; local resident Justin Farr clocks 3:14.22.
History was made Monday morning when Kenya's won the 115th in two hours, three minutes and two seconds--faster than anyone had ever run the 26.2-mile distance. Ryan Hall of Mammoth Lakes was the top United States runner, finishing fourth in 2:04:58.
Another Kenyan, , won the women's race in 2:22:36, two seconds ahead of Desiree Davila from Rochester Hills, Michigan.
Despite shattering the previous best time of 2:03:59 set in 2008 by Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie in Berlin, Mutai's effort is not officially recognized as a world mark because the course is not considered record-eligible by the.
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Also in the field of about 27,000 runners was Venice resident , 28, who covered the distance in 3:14:22. He ran at a 7:25 pace and was finisher No. 3,782 overall, 3,418 among males and 2,154 in his division.
Farr's splits were as follows: 22:32 for the 5k, 44:46 for the 10k, 1:07:02 for the 15k, 1:29:59 for the 20k, 1:34:59 for the half-marathon, 1:52:23 for the 25k, 2:16:08 for the 30k, 2:40:25 for the 35k and 3:04:33 for the 40k.
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Congratulations, Justin. You've done Venice proud!