Thousands complete new Boston 10K course in rainy, hot, humid conditions

“Go!” By the time the starting horn for the inaugural Boston 10-K sounded, heavy rain was soaking all 10,000 who signed up. And this year, the course took a new turn over the Longfellow Bridge to Cambridge. Runners, para athletes and the wheelchair division got to see a view of Boston from Memorial Drive. Then it was back over the massive bridge across the iconic marathon finish line on Boylston, and then finishing next to Boston Common. Great course. Loved it. Weather could have been a little nicer. Still kind of warm. Still sort of muggy, but awesome day. So much fun. Ran as a team. I loved having the rain. It kept it cool. The cloud cover. It is so much better than 90 degrees. Hot and humid. It's not just the elites who get a medal, but anyone who finishes the Boston 10K. More than 10,000 participants, including U.S. Olympic marathon hopeful Clayton Young, using the Boston 10K as a warm up for Paris. Is this kind of running around the block for you? A little bit like it's it's weird kind of changing the mindset, you know, in a marathon, it's all about conserving energy, relaxing, thinking of the long, you know, 26 mile race. This one, it's just gas, gas, gas. And whether you finish with a full tank or not. The Boston 10K is atop the medal stand when it comes to new road races that include Boston and Cambridge. Well, the runners are the ones that, tell us how they're doing, and, we have some final finishers coming through right now. and it's what a way to start the summer. some are running in Boston, so the first ever Boston 10-K is in the books, a huge success. And a lot of these folks will be back next summer. the Boston Common. I'm Ted Wayman, Wcvb NewsCenter five.

By the time the Boston 10K started Sunday morning, heavy rain was soaking the thousands of people who signed up for the race.The race formerly known as the B.A.A. 10K took runners on a new course this year, taking runners over the Longfellow Bridge into Cambridge and down Memorial Drive.The course then sent runners back into Boston via the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge, down Boylston Street across the Boston Marathon finish line before reaching the Boston 10K finish line near Boston Common."A great course. I loved it. Weather could have been a little nicer. Still kind of warm, still sort of muggy, but an awesome day. So much fun," said Mike Goff of the Boston Bulldogs Running Club.Among the participants was Clayton Young, who will be competing in the Olympic marathon for Team USA in the Paris Games this August. He finished ninth in the men's professional field with a time of 28 minutes and 31 seconds."It's weird kind of changing the mindset," Young said. "In a marathon, it's all about conserving energy, relaxing, thinking of the long, 26-mile race. This one, it's just gas, gas, gas."Sabastian Sawe of Kenya, the reigning world half-marathon gold medalist, won the men's professional division with a time of 27:42.Melknat Wudu of Ethiopia won the women's professional division with a time of 31:15.Hermin Garic of the U.S. defended his title in the men's wheelchair division with a time of 24:22, while Egypt's Hoda Ismail won the women's wheelchair division race in 26:52.In addition, 10K world records and Boston 10K records were broken in multiple para athletics divisions.Cory Gardner of Massachusetts set an event record of 1:10:26 in the men's T35-38 division, which is for runners with coordination impairments.Cristina Burbach of Virginia set a world record of 47:49 in the women's T35-T38 division.Atsbha Gebremeskel of Ethiopia set a world record of 36:59 in the men's T45/T46 division, which is for runners with upper limb impairments.Kelly Bruno of Connecticut set and event record of 44:59 in the women's T42-T44/T61-T64 division, which is for runners with lower limb impairments.More than 500 runners who participated in this year's Boston 10K raised more than $300,000 as part of the Brigham and Women's Hospital team.

BOSTON —

By the time the Boston 10K started Sunday morning, heavy rain was soaking the thousands of people who signed up for the race.

The race formerly known as the B.A.A. 10K took runners on a new course this year, taking runners over the Longfellow Bridge into Cambridge and down Memorial Drive.

The course then sent runners back into Boston via the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge, down Boylston Street across the Boston Marathon finish line before reaching the Boston 10K finish line near Boston Common.

"A great course. I loved it. Weather could have been a little nicer. Still kind of warm, still sort of muggy, but an awesome day. So much fun," said Mike Goff of the Boston Bulldogs Running Club.

Among the participants was Clayton Young, who will be competing in the Olympic marathon for Team USA in the Paris Games this August. He finished ninth in the men's professional field with a time of 28 minutes and 31 seconds.

"It's weird kind of changing the mindset," Young said. "In a marathon, it's all about conserving energy, relaxing, thinking of the long, 26-mile race. This one, it's just gas, gas, gas."

Sabastian Sawe of Kenya, the reigning world half-marathon gold medalist, won the men's professional division with a time of 27:42.

Melknat Wudu of Ethiopia won the women's professional division with a time of 31:15.

Hermin Garic of the U.S. defended his title in the men's wheelchair division with a time of 24:22, while Egypt's Hoda Ismail won the women's wheelchair division race in 26:52.

In addition, 10K world records and Boston 10K records were broken in multiple para athletics divisions.

Cory Gardner of Massachusetts set an event record of 1:10:26 in the men's T35-38 division, which is for runners with coordination impairments.
Cristina Burbach of Virginia set a world record of 47:49 in the women's T35-T38 division.
Atsbha Gebremeskel of Ethiopia set a world record of 36:59 in the men's T45/T46 division, which is for runners with upper limb impairments.
Kelly Bruno of Connecticut set and event record of 44:59 in the women's T42-T44/T61-T64 division, which is for runners with lower limb impairments.

More than 500 runners who participated in this year's Boston 10K raised more than $300,000 as part of the Brigham and Women's Hospital team.

Thousands complete new Boston 10K course in rainy, hot, humid conditions

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