This is the photo of the lead pack at 11k. The warm temperatures and a challenging course made it improbable that records would fall, however it was a gripping race, with a relative new-comer from Uganda putting the hammer down at mile 24. The world champions from Kenya could not respond, and Uganda got its second ever gold medal. Meanwhile the 37 year old American, Meb Keflezighi, steadily moved up from 25th, to 15th, to 8th, and he put the hammer down in the last miles to finish 4th ... Another couple of miles and he would have caught the Kenyan world champ ... Brilliant race.
