Kenya’s two-time world champion Edna Kiplagat’s experience in winning championship-style races will be her major strength as she takes on defending champion Desiree Linden in today’s Boston Marathon. She is the only one whose PB came in Boston (2:22:38, from 2011). Geoffrey Kirui, the 2017 Boston and world champion, and Lelisa Desisa, last fall’s New York City champion and 2013 and 2015 Boston winner, have both demonstrated the tactics to win a marathon run. Cherono also has a course-record win from Honolulu, another race which has historically been a good indicator for Boston success. However, Dubai winners have also done curiously done well in Boston, considering the two races couldn’t be much more different.

Source: The Star April 15, 2019 01:52 UTC