During the women's press conference, Shalane Flanagan said she was surprised that so many women stayed with her as she executed her strategy of setting a fast initial pace in an attempt to pull far ahead of the field. Unlike the men's elite runners, who did not try to match the torrid pace set by eventual winner Meb Keflezighi - assuming he would fade - the Kenyan and Ethiopian runners in the women's race stuck close to Flanagan. It ultimately was her undoing.

Meb Keflezighi, still wearing his laurel wreath, is taking questions from the press at the Copley Plaza Hotel. He said he took strength and energy from the huge crowd along the course, especially in the last few miles. "The crowd was phenomenal. I used them and they used me. The energy was just phenomenal. ... Toward the end I was remembering the victims who passed away. I said 'I'm going to use the energy to win, just like the Red Sox did.'"