2006 Boston Marathon

Members of the Blackstone Valley Fife and Drum band including Rachel Curtis, 12, of Northbridge, Mass., playing a fife, center, and Chris Forsythe, 12, of Uxbridge, Mass., playing a snare drum, right, perform before the start the 110th Boston Marathon on Patriots' Day, Monday, April 17, 2006 in Hopkinton, Mass.

Runners for the 110th Boston Marathon line up to board buses, Monday, April 17, 2006, in Boston. The Boston Athletic Association provided the buses to transport 20,000 runners from Boston to Hopkinton, Mass., where they start the race.

Runner Michael Cash of Durham, N.C., stretches at the Hopkinton, Mass., Athletes' Village, Monday, April 17, 2006, before the start of the 110th Boston Marathon. Over 20,000 runners will cross the start line heading toward Boston from downtown Hopkinton.

Mobility impaired athletes, including Jason Pisano, of West Warwick, R.I., second from left, and their guides start the 110th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 17, 2006 in Hopkinton, Mass. This is Pisano's 11th Boston Marathon.

Elite runner Alan Culpepper (10) of Lafayette, Colo., center, crosses the start line of the 110th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 17, 2006 in Hopkinton, Mass.

Elite runners, left to right, Kutre Dulech of Ethiopia (12); Bruna Genovese of Italy (9); Kiyoko Shimahara of Japan (10); and Jelena Prokopcuka of Latvia have the early lead in the 110th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 17, 2006, after crossing the start line in Hopkinton, Mass.

Over 20,000 runners cross the start line during the 110th Boston Marathon, heading toward Boston from downtown Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 17, 2006.

Uta Pippig, from Germany, a three-time winner of the Boston Marathon, cheers on the elite women runners at the start of the 110th running of the event, Monday, April 17, 2006 in Hopkinton, Mass.

Dick Hoyt pushes his son Rick Hoyt at the start of the wheelchair division of the 110th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 17, 2006 in Hopkinton, Mass.

Seiji Goto, of Japan, crosses the start line of the 110th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 17, 2006 in Hopkinton, Mass.

Runners cross the start line of the 110th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 17, 2006 in Hopkinton, Mass.

Rita Jeptoo, of Kenya, crosses the finish line to win the women's division of 110th Boston Marathon in April 17, 2006. Jeptoo won in a course record time of 2:23:38.

Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya crosses the finish line to win the men's division of 110th Boston Marathon in Boston, April 17, 2006. He won in a course record time of 2:07:14.

Rita Jeptoo of Kenya holds the trophy after winning the women's division of the 110th running of the Boston Marathon Monday, April 17, 2006.