BOSTON, MA - APRIL 18: Geoffrey Mutai #2 of Kenya celebrates after winning the men's division of the 115th running of the Boston Marathon on April 18, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)
The 116th edition of the Boston Marathon takes place Monday, April 16.
The Boston Marathon, the world's oldest annual marathon, returns for its 116th installment on Monday, April 16.
One of the men's favorites will be Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai, a 30-year old Kenyan who ran the fastest marathon in history to win last year at 2:03:02. His performance wasn't considered a world record because the course in Boston doesn't meet specific requirements, but he still considers himself the fastest marathoner in the world.
"Everyone knows that I ran the distance, " Mutai told the Boston Herald Wednesday during an appearance at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury. "For me, I still say I am the fastest. I don't want to disturb myself. I'll still have time to make it (2:03) again and I'll prove it, maybe, in coming years, maybe lower. But, I say, I am OK (with it). That will not stop me. I'll still have another time."
Start times for different divisions follow:
| Start time | Approx. No. of Entrants | Bib Color |
| Mobility Impaired: 9:00 a.m. | 6 | |
| Wheelchair Division: 9:17 a.m. | 30 | |
| Handcycles: 9:22 a.m. | 24 | |
| Elite Women: 9:32 a.m. | 50 | |
| Elite Men & Wave One: 10:00 a.m. | 9,000 | Red |
| Wave Two: 10:20 a.m. | 9,000 | White |
| Wave Three: 10:40 a.m. | 9,000 | Blue |
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