Kenyan policewoman Edna Kiplagat won the women’s race in 2hr 21min 52sec, needing only one try in Boston to add it to wins in London, New York and Los Angeles. “By natural growth of the league … the formation of some sort of organized group would naturally happen. Neutrals might have been forgiven for thinking Seattle’s fans had trekked across the border with it to celebrate their recent MLS Cup victory. He wasn’t tall, and seemed increasingly frail in the later decades of his life.