Runners vie for largest Boston marathon purse ever
Monday, April 21st, 2008BOSTON (AP) — The 112th Boston Marathon got started Monday with defending champion Robert Cheruiyot and a field of more than 25,000 runners leaving the starting line in Hopkinton for the 26.2-mile run to Copley Square. Cheruiyot was looking for his fourth Boston win. Lidiya Grigoryeva, last year's women's winner, was ...