April 2023

As Boston Marathon-ers, race officaials and friends swirled across the Boston Marathon Fan Fest Saturday afternoon, Lonah Chemtai Salpeter stood quietly soaking all of it in. Among the many leading elite women in what's a stacked field, the Israeli-Kenyan pro said, “I even have at all times wanted to come back to Boston to experience this since it’s the oldest marathon on the planet.” Monday’s 127th running will mark two anniversaries: the fiftieth one since women first competed and the tenth since two terrorist brothers detonated two bombs near the finish, killing three and injuring scores of others. “For me, that is something special, since it is my first time. It has been my dream. I used to be the race...