Kenya’s Salina Kosgei won the closest women’s race in the 113-year history of the Boston Marathon, while Ethiopia’s Deriba Merga won the men's portion of the Boston Marathon on Monday. Americans took third in both races.

Lance Armstrong finished his first Boston Marathon with an impressive time of 2:50:58. This was good enough for 488th place among a field of 25,000 competitors. He has run two other marathon’s prior to trying his hand at BM. He finished the New York City Marathon in 2:46:43 last year.

Robert Cheruiyot fulfilled most people's predictions today, by becoming the winner of 112th Boston Marathon 2008. But it was not so much the fact that Robert Cheruiyot won as the manner in which he did it that was remarkable.

Organizers of Boston Marathon has played wrong anthem as Russian Lidiya Grigoryeva won the race and accepted her trophy on Monday, the Associated Press reported.

In preparation for this year's Boston Marathon, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will enhance service to accommodate the thousands of fans expected to attend the event. Extra T officials and T Police will be on hand to provide assistance throughout the day. The following schedule and services will be in effect Marathon Monday, which include adjustments to North Shore bus routes to accommodate the Paul Revere re-enactment ride.

For the second consecutive year, the Saturn roadster will take its position at the starting line to lead 23,500 competitors on their 26.2-mile run through the historic Boston Marathon course