Kara Goucher Finishes Sixth in Today’s Boston Marathon
Duluth native Kara Goucher had another strong showing today in the 117th running of the Boston Marathon.
Duluth native Kara Goucher had another strong showing today in the 117th running of the Boston Marathon.
Someone asked me when Kara Goucher, our hometown girl and marathon runner would compete. Here's the details so we can cheer Kara on to a win for USA!
It's not every year that Grandmas Marathon weekend passes and who won the big race takes a back burner to who won a half marathon race. This was no regular year however with the half marathon USA National Championships in town. Oh, did I mention that hometown Olympic athlete Kara Goucher returned to set a course record and win the women's USA National Championships in the city she grew up in?
It was a great story before Saturday. Elite athlete Kara Goucher returns home to Duluth to run for the first time in Grandmas Marathon weekend. When the women's USA Half Marathon Championships was over, that great story became storybook perfect.
B105 is proud to be a sponsor of The 36th Annual Grandma's Marathon. While we will have updates throughout the morning, our sister station ESPN Radio 560 AM WEBC will have 'live wall to wall coverage of all the big races starting Saturday morning at 6am. People from all over the world will also be listening online.
Maybe you saw her run locally when she was participating in track as a Greyhound at East High School. Or, perhaps you became a fan of Kara Goucher when you were rooting for her in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. For some, it's a once in a lifetime chance, but your opportunity to watch her compete locally is just months away!
Duluth native Kara Goucher had a very strong run today in The Boston Marathon, after just recently giving birth to her first child.
Well done!
Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai won the Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 2 seconds — the fastest anyone has ever run the 26.2 mile distance.
The previous best of 2:03:59 was by Haile Gebrselassie in Berlin 2008. Because Monday's race had a strong tailwind on a downhill course, Mutai's run is not recognized by track's international governing body as a record.