Runners approach the 24 mile marker of the 2018 Boston Marathon on April 16, 2018 in Brookline, Massachusetts. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
2018 Boston Marathon
Linda Park waves at someone she knows as she approaches the 24 mile marker of the 2018 Boston Marathon on April 16, 2018 in Brookline, Massachusetts. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
2018 Boston Marathon
Yuki Kawauchi and Desi Linden after winning the 2018 Boston Marathon. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Desi Linden after winning the 2018 Boston Marathon. (Photo credit RYAN MCBRIDE/AFP/Getty Images)
2018 Boston Marathon
Desi Linden celebrates winning the 2018 Boston Marathon. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Desi Linden won the 2018 Boston Marathon. (Photo credit RYAN MCBRIDE/AFP/Getty Images)
2018 Boston Marathon
Desi Linden became the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon since 1985. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Yuki Kawauchi of Japan won the 2018 Boston Marathon. (Photo credit RYAN MCBRIDE/AFP/Getty Images)
2018 Boston Marathon
Yuki Kawauchi of Japan won the 2018 Boston Marathon. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Spectators cheer the elite runners during the 2018 Boston Marathon as they pass on April 16, 2018 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Desiree Linden became the first American woman to win since 1985 with an unofficial time of 2:39:54. Yuki Kawauchi of Japan won the men's race in 2:10:46. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
2018 Boston Marathon
Spectators cheer the elite runners during the 2018 Boston Marathon as they pass on April 16, 2018 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Desiree Linden became the first American woman to win since 1985 with an unofficial time of 2:39:54. Yuki Kawauchi of Japan won the men's race in 2:10:46. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
2018 Boston Marathon
David Wade interviews Boston Marathon winner Desi Linden (Image: Mallika Marshal)
2018 Boston Marathon
Desi Linden had a 1;30 lead in mile 24. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Geoffrey Kirui pulled ahead of the men's pack around mile 18. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Desi Linden took the lead from Gladys Chesir just before mile 22. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Galen Rupp struggled to stay with the lead men's pack. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Tatyana McFadden of Maryland won the women's wheelchair race for the fifth time. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Shalane Flanagan broke away from the lead pack briefly to hit the port-a-potty during the 2018 Boston Marathon. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Mamitu Daska took the lead for a second time in Wellesley during the pouring rain. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Shalane Flanagan running in Wellesley. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Marcel Hug of Switzerland won the men's wheelchair race for the fourth straight year. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Meb Keflezighi talks to Paul Burton after the 2018 Boston Marathon. (Photo credit RYAN MCBRIDE/AFP/Getty Images)
2018 Boston Marathon
Marine Jose Luis Sanchez finishes the 2018 Boston Marathon. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Runners leaving Hopkinton at the start of the 2018 Boston Marathon. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Runners leaving Hopkinton at the start of the 2018 Boston Marathon. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Runners about to leave Hopkinton at the start of the 2018 Boston Marathon. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Runners leaving Hopkinton at the start of the 2018 Boston Marathon. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
The lead pack of the women's field on Route 135. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
The sea of shoes, clothes, bags ditched as runners head to the corrals at the 2018 Boston Marathon. (Image: D.Niles/WBZ)
2018 Boston Marathon
Evans Chebet took lead from Yuki Kawauchi early in the men's race. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Shalane Flanagan trying to stay warm at the start of the 2018 Boston Marathon. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
The elite women lined up for the start of the 2018 Boston Marthon. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Ernst Van Dyk and Marcel Hug were well ahead of the pack in Wellesley. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
Mamitu Daska took an early lead in the race. (WBZ-TV)
2018 Boston Marathon
(Image: J.McDonald/WBZ)
2018 Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon start line. (Image: Nick Giovanni/WBZ-TV)
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