Malibu Runners Complete Boston Marathon

The 115th Boston Marathon on Monday included about 27,000 runners from 90 countries—and three people from Malibu. Michael Anderson, 41, covered the 26.2-mile course in 3 hours, 15 minutes, 37 seconds. He ran at a 7:28-per-mile pace and was finisher No. 4,058 (707 in his division).  

Fellow Malibu resident Steve J. Arce, 46, completed the distance in 3:33:47, running at an 8:10-per-mile pace and finishing No. 8,732 (1,212 in his division). 

The only local woman to finish the race was 43-year-old Julia Clark, who clocked 3:49:07, good enough for No. 13,138 (792 in her division). She ran the race at an 8:45-per-mile pace.

History was made when Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai won the race in 2:03:02 (4:42-per-mile pace)—the fastest a marathon has ever been run. Ryan Hall of Mammoth Lakes was the top United States runner, finishing fourth in 2:04:58.

Another Kenyan, Caroline Kilel, won the women's race in 2:22:36, two seconds ahead of Desiree Davila from Rochester Hills, Mich.

Despite shattering the previous best marathon time of 2:03:59 set in 2008 by Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie in Berlin, Mutai's effort is not officially recognized as a world mark because the course is not considered record-eligible by the International Association of Athletics Federations.