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Boston Marathon offers mid-race drama, an upset and 16-strong suspense in the women’s race

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Many of the half-million fans who attended were there for tradition and to cheer friends. But Monday's 128th edition gave them so much more.

BOSTON — Even at the two-hour mark, the leaderboard in the women’s division of Monday’s Boston Marathon resembled a Green Line car pulling out of Park Street during the morning rush. Twelve women were in a tight, jostling pack, and yet there was a oneness to it all, all those elbows, all those knees, moving as if choreographed. You’ll see these kinds of groupings at the starting line. You’ll see them in 5Ks.

But in a year in which women’s college basketball is captivating America, this powerful women’s marathon division had Boston rocking. It began with American Emma Bates taking an early lead and for much of the day holding that lead, even if she allowed herself a few moments to high-five fans as the race passed through suburban Wellesley.

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