A Mighty Wind blows, skipping the record books

He was robbed!!! No other way to put it. Kenya’s Geoffrey Mutai ran the 26.2 mile Boston Marathon on Monday in record time, 2 hours, 3 minutes, 2 seconds. But his record run does not count. Why you may ask? Due to a strong tailwind on part of the course, the record will not count on the international books. The tailwind was not throughout the course mind you, but just on a stretch of the course.

I can understand not allowing running records with a tailwind during sprinting events, but this goes beyond Tea Party logic to me. Give the man his record. He just ran 26.2 miles in just over 2 hours! You can’t drive 15 miles in LA in over 2 hours!

USA has strong showing in Marathon:

Ryan Hall, a U.S. runner, finished fourth in the race and posted the best time for a U.S. runner ever at 2:04:58. Must’ve been the tailwind.

U.S. female runner Desiree Davila finished second, just two seconds behind the winner Caroline Kilel of Kenya (2:22:36). That’s a bitter bill to swallow. Winners in the men’s and women’s division get $150,000 each. Two seconds difference… I’m grabbing someone’s jersey for $150,000 after running for 2 hours straight.

Just to clarify, that's not cheating, that's just being smart.