Geoffrey Mutai is the fastest Marathon in history, to win the Boston

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Geoffrey Mutai holds his trophy after winning the Boston Marathon men's Division of the 115th running.

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Geoffrey Mutai holds his trophy after winning the Boston Marathon men's Division of the 115th running.

A lot is no longer any way to the otherworldly runners are assaulting the record books.In practice, the achievement of the surreal: the latest Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai running Monday's Boston Marathon 2 hours, 3 minutes, 2 seconds, the time in the marathon of all time. It does not keep track of the world record in the international governing body, if for no other reason than Boston's point-to-point layout, and the access rights Clear 475 feet from the beginning of the 16 feet at the finish.That doesn't change the fact that runners consider the toughest major marathon, the Boston four major hills miles 16-21, Heartbreak Hill, culminating in Mutai. from the date on which it was shaved nearly a minute in the world-record to Haile Gebrselassie off the 2: 03: 59. He broke the course record, set in Boston, Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot of Kenya last year, nearly three minutes.Why is it so fast? "We sometimes forget the African runners come from the developing countries, and they begin to scrape together more you training opportunities in the greater the number of runners," says Amby Burfoot, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon and the editor Runner's world. Mary Wittenberg, the New York Road Runners CEO judgment in cool weather and the constant wind. "It was more than once in the year-the-century conditions and today's athletes are the size of the other level," he says. "They delivered."Four men broke the 2: 05 of the trade mark, such as the fourth current finisher Ryan Hall, which was the fastest time ever in the US runner — 2: 04: 58. The women's race produced the fifth-fastest time ever in the United States. Davila was another Desiree. 2: 22: 38, Caroline Kilel outkicked Kenya. * In * the * Mutai ran 26.2 miles the quickest race Monday's race. Days earlier, the countryman Emmanuel Mutai () was completed, what was then the fourth fastest marathon record books: • 2: 04.27; James Kipsang Kwambai; Kenya; Rotterdam; 2009 • 2: 04.27; Duncan Kibet Kirong; Kenya; Rotterdam; 2009 • 2: 04.26; Haile Gebrselassie; Ethiopia; The Berlin; 2007 • 2: 03.59; Gebrselassie; Ethiopia; The Berlin; 2008 • 2: 03.06; Moses Mosop; Kenya; Boston; 2011 • 2: 03.02; Geoffrey Mutai; Kenya; Boston; 2011For for more information about the print code and licenses, please visit our FAQ. Report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For consideration for publication in the newspaper to comment letters@usatoday.com. Include name, phone number, city and State inspection. You can view our corrections, go to corrections. usatoday.com. We've updated the chat help. Changes include a brief overview of the monitoring process and the report of the "report abuse" button (). Read more.