document: And for the sentimentalists , there will be 83-year-old Johnny Kelley starting in his 60th Boston Marathon . There have only been 35 editions of this race run without him. ; The last three Boston marathons have turned into reckless speed duels . They have produced five of the top 10 times and eight of the top 15 in the race 's storied history. ; They also have resulted in a race of attrition , with many of the early speedsters burning out completely or faltering in the late stages. ; Along the historic route that begins in Hopkinton , west of Boston , and ends in Copley Square in the Back Bay section of the city , checkpoint records have fallen at an alarming rate. ; For example , all 11 checkpoint records were shattered through the first 20 miles last year , either by Simon Robert Naali or Juma Ikangaa , both of Tanzania . Neither won. ; The winner was 1988 Olympic champion Gelindo Bordin , who outsmarted the early pacesetters by running a patient , calculating race. ; Running alone about 200 meters behind a pack of six Africans , Bordin passed them all by 21 miles and went on to win in 2 hours , 8 minutes , 19 seconds , the second-fastest time in the race 's history , behind only the 2:07:51 by Rob de Castella in 1986. ; Ikangaa finished a distant second in 2:09:52 . It was his third consecutive runner-up finish in Boston. ; Ikangaa is back again , along with several other formidable Africans . They include Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya , the 1988 winner in 2:08:43 , the third-fastest time in Boston and one second ahead of Ikangaa ; Abebe Mekonnen of Ethiopia , the 1989 champion in 2:09:06 , Boston 's eighth-best time ; Douglas Wakiihuri of Kenya , the 1987 world champion and 1988 Olympic silver medalist who is making his Boston debut ; and Naali , the third-place finisher in the 1990 Commonwealth Games. ; Among those chasing them will be John Treacy , the 1984 Olympic silver medalist and the third-place finisher in Boston in 1988 and 1989 ; Geoff Smith , the Boston winner in 1984-85 ; Ed Eyestone , the top-ranked U.S. marathoner ; Salvador Garcia , the runner-up to Wakiihuri in last year 's New York City Marathon ; and Rolando Vera , who finished third in his marathon debut in Boston in 1990. ; The women 's division also is filled with many respectable entrants. ; Foremost among them are Kristiansen , the 35-year-old Norwegian who holds the world record of 2:21:06 and won in Boston in 1986 and 1989 , and Samuelson , 33 , the U.S.-record holder at 2:21:21 , 1984 Olympic gold medalist and Boston champion in 1979 and 1983. ; Challenging them will be Uta Pippig , Wanda Panfil and Kim Jones. ; Pippig finished second in Boston last year in a career-best 2:28:03 . Panfil won the London Marathon in 2:26:31 , her personal best , and won the New York City Marathon in 1990 .
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