Kastor Going To Beijing

Deena Kastor charged back from a two-minute deficit to win the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Boston this morning. She erased the time gap to pass runaway leader Magdalena Lewy Boulet in the last three miles, winning the U.S. Olympic marathon trials in an unofficial 2 hours, 29 minutes, 35 seconds on Sunday and earning a berth in Beijing.

On a perfect morning for a marathon, with clear skies and temperatures in the high 50s, 146 women set out on a loop course that crossed back and forth over the Charles River before leading them back onto Boylston Street for the traditional Boston Marathon finish. The roads and bridges were lined with thousands of fans, many of them runners planning to head to Hopkinton for Monday's 122th edition of the longest-running long run in the world.