Chelsea Clinton Finishes Boston Marathon in 3:40:52
Chelsea Clinton crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, completing the 26.2-mile race in 3 hours, 40 minutes and 52 seconds, where she was greeted by her parents, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The 46-year-old vice chair of the Clinton Foundation ran her first Boston Marathon under the pseudonym Margaret Smith, a nod to the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress, whose life story features in a chapter book inspired by Clinton's picture book "She Persisted." Race officials later updated the results to reflect her real name. At the finish on Boylston Street, the Clintons embraced their daughter amid the crowds, with video footage capturing the family's joyful reunion. Bill and Hillary presented Chelsea with her gold finisher's medal, and at her insistence, they also awarded medals to the police officers who had run alongside her during the event.
Clinton, an avid runner since her time at Stanford University from 1997 to 2001, completed the race with her friend Jen Kloss. She navigated the course's challenging hills, clocking the first half in 1 hour, 49 minutes and 41 seconds, followed by 1 hour, 51 minutes...