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Article: EXPERIENCE GUIDES CHERUIYOT TO RECORD RUN AND SECOND WIN
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 18, 2006
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Robert Cheruiyot had been up and down this bumpy road before,
often enough to know that the graveyard is full of runners who have
led this footrace at Woodland. "A marathon is a long distance," he
said. "Twenty-six miles is a big distance."So Cheruiyot let
Kenyan countryman Benjamin Maiyo dash into the Newton hills alone
yesterday afternoon, then calmly caught him, broke him on Heartbreak
Hill, and went on to win his second Boston Marathon in a course-
record 2 hours 7 minutes 14 seconds on a cool and cloudy day that was
ideal for an assault on the clock."When I was at 40 kilometers
[24.86 miles], I think maybe I can run 2:06," said the 27-year-old
Cheruiyot, who shaved one ...
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