{"id":83460,"date":"2022-01-13T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=83460"},"modified":"2022-01-20T15:48:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T20:48:08","slug":"kenensia-bekele-headlines-fastest-mens-elite-field-ever-in-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/kenensia-bekele-headlines-fastest-mens-elite-field-ever-in-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenenisa Bekele headlines fastest men&#8217;s elite field ever in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia&#8217;s <strong>Kenenisa Bekele<\/strong> is heading to the Boston Marathon for the first time this April, headlining the fastest men&#8217;s elite field in Boston Marathon history, featuring 12 men who have run under 2:05:00. The former 5,000 and 10,000m world record holder will be challenged by seven of the last eight Boston Marathon champions, which include 2021 champ <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/benson-kipruto-and-diana-kipyogei-win-the-125th-boston-marathon\/\"><strong>Benson Kipruto<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Lawerence Cherono<\/strong> (2019) and his compatriot <strong>Lelisa Desisa<\/strong> (2013 and 2015).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82080\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-82080 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kipruto_Benson-look-Boston21-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kipruto_Benson-look-Boston21-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kipruto_Benson-look-Boston21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kipruto_Benson-look-Boston21-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kipruto_Benson-look-Boston21.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-82080 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kipruto_Benson-look-Boston21-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kipruto_Benson-look-Boston21-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kipruto_Benson-look-Boston21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kipruto_Benson-look-Boston21-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kipruto_Benson-look-Boston21.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kenya&#8217;s Benson Kipruto breaking away from the field at the 2021 Boston Marathon. Photo: \u00a9 Kevin Morris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bekele is the fastest man to ever toe the line in Hopkinton. His 2:01:41, which is the Ethiopian national record, ranks as the <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/bekele-runs-two-seconds-short-of-the-marathon-world-record-in-berlin\/\">second-fastest marathon<\/a> in history, two seconds shy of<strong> Eliud Kipchoge&#8217;s<\/strong> world record (2:01:39). Bekele is also a three-time Olympic gold medallist in the 5,000m and 10,000m. His most recent result was a third-place finish at the 2021 Berlin Marathon in September.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FFxGtj4YPx\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/kenenisa-bekele-left-off-ethiopian-olympic-team\/\">Kenenisa Bekele left off Ethiopian Olympic team<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content lazyload\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Kenenisa Bekele left off Ethiopian Olympic team&#8221; &#8212; Canadian Running Magazine\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/kenenisa-bekele-left-off-ethiopian-olympic-team\/embed\/#?secret=FFxGtj4YPx\" data-secret=\"FFxGtj4YPx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The fastest marathoner in the world last year, Kenya&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/kenyas-titus-ekiru-says-he-can-beat-kipchoges-15940-marathon-record\/\"><strong> Titus Ekiru<\/strong><\/a>, will also make his Boston debut. In May of 2021, Ekiru ran 2:02:57 to win the Milan Marathon. He most recently picked up a win at the Abu Dhabi Marathon in U.A.E. (2:06:13). Besides his DNF at the Tokyo Marathon in 2020, Ekiru hasn&#8217;t run a time slower than 2:10:00 since 2018.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65617\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-65617 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-1120x747.jpg 1120w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-65617 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Berhanu_LemiFH1a-BostonM16-1120x747.jpg 1120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lemi Berhanu winning the 2016 Boston Marathon. Photo: Andrew McClanahan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among the favourites is Ethiopia&#8217;s <strong>Lemi Berhanu<\/strong>, who won in 2016 and finished second to Kipruto last year; <strong>Evans Chebet<\/strong>, who was the world leader for the marathon in 2020 (2:03:00); <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/nyc-marathon\/peres-jepchirchir-becomes-first-olympic-champion-to-win-new-york-city-marathon\/\"><strong>Albert Korir<\/strong><\/a>, the defending TCS New York City Marathon champion; and <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/world-athletics-to-host-race-to-honour-agnes-tirops-memory\/\"><strong>Geoffrey Kamworor<\/strong><\/a>, who has won in New York twice and is a three-time world half marathon champion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82063\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82063\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-82063 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Albertson_CJ-12-Boston21-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Albertson_CJ-12-Boston21-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Albertson_CJ-12-Boston21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Albertson_CJ-12-Boston21-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Albertson_CJ-12-Boston21.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-82063 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Albertson_CJ-12-Boston21-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Albertson_CJ-12-Boston21-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Albertson_CJ-12-Boston21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Albertson_CJ-12-Boston21-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Albertson_CJ-12-Boston21.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CJ Albertson leading the 2021 Boston Marathon. Photo: \u00a9 Kevin Morris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Massachusetts native <strong>Colin Bennie<\/strong>, who was the top American finisher in 2021 leads the American contingent, joined by <strong>Scott Fauble<\/strong>, <strong>CJ Albertson<\/strong> and U.S. Olympian <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/jared-ward-to-appear-on-shark-tank\/\">Jared Ward<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"B0KL2LAVlI\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/canadas-rory-linkletter-leaves-naz-elite\/\">Canada&#8217;s Rory Linkletter leaves NAZ Elite<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content lazyload\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Canada&#8217;s Rory Linkletter leaves NAZ Elite&#8221; &#8212; Canadian Running Magazine\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/canadas-rory-linkletter-leaves-naz-elite\/embed\/#?secret=B0KL2LAVlI\" data-secret=\"B0KL2LAVlI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>2019 Canadian Marathon champion and Tokyo Olympian<a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/shakeout-podcast\/olympic-bound-canadians-mens-marathon-with-cam-levins-trevor-hofbauer-and-ben-preisner\/\"><strong> Trevor Hofbauer<\/strong> <\/a>returns to the marathon scene after finishing 48th at the Olympic Games (2:19:57). Hofbauer became the second-fastest marathoner in Canadian history when he ran 2:09:51 at the 2019 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. He is the sole Canadian man on the Boston elite list this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZG8E1E8Fkp\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/boston-marathon-announces-their-fastest-womens-elite-field-ever\/\">Boston Marathon announces their fastest women&#8217;s elite field ever<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content lazyload\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Boston Marathon announces their fastest women&#8217;s elite field ever&#8221; &#8212; Canadian Running Magazine\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/boston-marathon-announces-their-fastest-womens-elite-field-ever\/embed\/#?secret=ZG8E1E8Fkp\" data-secret=\"ZG8E1E8Fkp\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Boston Marathon will be returning to its signature Patriots\u2019 Day date in 2022 for the first time in three years. You can check out the full men&#8217;s elite list <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baa.org\/fastest-mens-field-boston-marathon-history-compete-patriots-day\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The men&#8217;s elite field features 12 men who have run under 2:05:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5366,"featured_media":36446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[325885],"tags":[336217,322449,325876,325696,330463,336690,326243,322213,327003,326250,335387,325188],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kenenisa Bekele headlines fastest men&#039;s elite field ever in Boston - Canadian Running Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The men&#039;s elite field features 12 men who have run under 2:05:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/kenensia-bekele-headlines-fastest-mens-elite-field-ever-in-boston\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kenenisa Bekele headlines fastest men&#039;s elite field ever in Boston - Canadian Running Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The men&#039;s elite field features 12 men who have run under 2:05:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/kenensia-bekele-headlines-fastest-mens-elite-field-ever-in-boston\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Canadian Running Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marley.dickinson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-13T17:00:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-20T20:48:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Image-12.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"477\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Marley Dickinson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Marley Dickinson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/kenensia-bekele-headlines-fastest-mens-elite-field-ever-in-boston\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/kenensia-bekele-headlines-fastest-mens-elite-field-ever-in-boston\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Marley Dickinson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/278e36483295a7ba1aeda8f26a59eb4e\"},\"headline\":\"Kenenisa Bekele headlines fastest men&#8217;s elite field ever in Boston\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-13T17:00:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-20T20:48:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/kenensia-bekele-headlines-fastest-mens-elite-field-ever-in-boston\/\"},\"wordCount\":426,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/kenensia-bekele-headlines-fastest-mens-elite-field-ever-in-boston\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Image-12.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2022 Boston Marathon\",\"BAA\",\"boston\",\"boston marathon\",\"colin kaepernick\",\"elite list\",\"geoffrey kamworor\",\"Kenenisa Bekele\",\"Lemi Berhanu Hayle\",\"Running News\",\"titus ekiru\",\"Trevor Hofbauer\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Runs &amp; 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