Boston B.A.A. 10k – News – Geay, Lokedi Triumph At Muggy Boston 10-K

GEAY, LOKEDI TRIUMPH AT MUGGY BOSTON 10-K
By David Monti, @d9monti
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BOSTON (22-Jun) — Two athletes already familiar with winning in Boston, Gabriel Geay of Tanzania and Sharon Lokedi of Kenya, triumphed here again this morning, winning the 13th annual Boston 10-K in muggy conditions.  Geay, 28, who had won this race twice before in 2018 and 2023, made a powerful surge just past halfway and ran away to victory in 28:14.  Lokedi, 31, the reigning Boston Marathon champion, got her first win at this event, holding a gap in the final kilometers and crossing the finish line adjacent to the Public Garden in 31:39.  Lokedi joined two other Kenyan women, Hellen Obiri and Caroline Kilel, in having won the Boston Marathon and the Boston 10-K in the same year.

“I like this race because mostly when I race in Boston I get good results,” said Geay, who was also the runner-up at the 2023 Boston Marathon.

Geay, who represents adidas, was confident from the start of the race.  Just two minutes in on the ascent of the Longfellow Bridge, Geay pushed to the front.  He was joined by Zouair Talbi, a Moroccan-born athlete who recently got USA citizenship, and they were followed closely by Wesley Kiptoo of Kenya, Paddy Dever of Great Britain, and Andrew Alexander of Canada.

But as the race leveled out on the Cambridge side of the Charles River, everyone caught up with Geay and Talbi.  About 14 men hit the first mile mark in 4:27, then two miles in 9:10 (4:43).  The dark skies turned a little brighter as light rain fell.

Approaching a water station just past the three mile mark, the athletes angled to their right to collect their drinks.  Suddenly, without warning, Dennis Kitiyo of Kenya tumbled to the pavement, landing on his back.  According to another competitor, Alex Masai of Kenya, Kitiyo stepped on a bottle.  Kitiyo regained his feet quickly and was only four seconds behind at Geay 5-K, 14:23 to 14:27.

Moments later, Geay made his big move.  As he turned right onto the Harvard Bridge to return to the Boston side of the Charles, the two-time Olympic marathoner surged.  He built-up a four-second lead at 4 miles (18:19), and a four-man chase pack –Talbi, Dever, Kitiyo, and Kiptoo– gave chase.

“I was thinking to move after, maybe, seven kilometers, but let me try and see how the crowd is moving with me,” Geay recalled thinking.

The move would stick.  By the 8-K mark Geay’s lead had inched up to six…