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Tens of thousands of runners, including some of the world’s best, and hundreds of thousands of fans hit the streets of Boston on Monday for the 119th running of the Boston Marathon.

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A Boston police officer walks towards the finish line before the start of the 119th running of the Boston Marathon in Boston.Gretchen Ertl/Reuters

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Spectators gather near the Boston Marathon start line in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.Dominck Reuter/Reuters

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Marathon participants Gerry Miller (left) of Calgary along with Richard Webster of Boston arrive at the Boston Commons to board busses to bring them to the starting line in Hopkinton MA before the start of the Boston Marathon.David Butler II

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Police officers patrol near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston.Elise Amendola/The Associated Press

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Elite women runners cross the Boston Marathon start line in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.Dominck Reuter/Reuters

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Police flank an explosive ordnance disposal officer, second from left, as they patrol past the site of the first 2013 bombing site before the start of the Boston Marathon.Charles Krupa/The Associated Press

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Volunteers stand in the rain in Hopkinton before the start of the running of the 119th Boston Marathon on April 20, 2015 in Boston.Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

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Runners in the first wave cross the Boston Marathon start line in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.Dominck Reuter/Reuters

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Tatyana McFadden (C) crosses the Boston Marathon start line in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.Dominck Reuter/Reuters

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Elite men runners cross the Boston Marathon start line in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.Dominck Reuter/Reuters

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