BOSTON - (October 10, 2010) - A new course, yet a familiar backdrop, greeted a record field of runners at the 10th B.A.A. Half Marathon, presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and The Jimmy Fund. This year's event, which started in Franklin Park, and wound its way through the City of Boston and the town of Brookline's Emerald Necklace park system was the showcase for 4,550 athletes under near perfect running conditions. Two Kenyan runners, John Korir (1:02:21) and Caroline Rotich (1:10:52), emerged as the victors, yet both winning under very different circumstances.

In the men's race, Korir, 35, one of the most successful road racers over the past decade, needed a last minute kick to pull away from the charging countryman Alan Kiprono, both running within a second of Thomas Nyariki's 2007 event record (1:02:20). Even though this year's race featured a new course, it is the second year in a row that the men's winning time narrowly missed the event record. Martin Fagan of Ireland won last year's race in a mirror time of 1:02:21.