”Christie characterized Kessler’s statement as “a politician’s non-answer. him and anything we could all do to help we’d do, that family and this particular situation with his family takes precedent over everything else going on. ”If the 31-year-old Englishman appears undaunted, his career trajectory has been meteoric. Boston Marathon: Kenya's Geoffrey Kirui, Edna Kiplagat win in 121st running | Sport | The Guardian.