
Scenes of a heat-soaked Boston Marathon

Boston Marathon runners doused themselves with water at the halfway water station in Wellesley.
Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
| April 16, 2012

The Wellesley water station continued to provide relief to runners of the second-slowest Boston Marathon since 1985.
Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
| April 16, 2012

The heat in Wellesley took its toll.
Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
| April 16, 2012

Overheated runners took advantage of a water station at the halfway mark in Wellesley.
Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
| April 16, 2012

High temperatures, like those experienced at the Wellesley watering station, may have convinced thousands of entrants to skip Monday's Marathon.
Michael Dwyer/Associated Press
| April 16, 2012

Empty water cups littered the course near a Wellesley watering station.
Michael Dwyer/Associated Press
| April 16, 2012

A female runner collapsed at the halfway mark next to Wellesley College. She was immediately taken away on a stretcher by Wellesley fire department staff.
Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
| April 16, 2012

Joe Verdone hosed off overheated runners climbing Heartbreak Hill in Newton.
John Blanding/Globe Staff
| April 16, 2012

Harvard residents Jen Schoenberg (left) and Mary Hawes were waited on Commonwealth Avenue in Newton for Schoenberg's husband, Jon Schoenberg, who was running his 20th Marathon.
John Blanding/Globe Staff
| April 16, 2012

Martiza Rodriguez, from Ecuador, cooled off at water station at Heartbreak Hill in Newton.
John Blanding/Globe Staff
| April 16, 2012

A runner was transported across Commonwealth Avenue from the medical tent to an ambulance at Heartbreak Hill in Newton Monday.
John Blanding/Globe Staff
| April 16, 2012

A heated runner was helped across the finish line.
John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
| April 16, 2012

A runner was transported across the finish line.
David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
| April 16, 2012

John Ouweleen, 71, of Sebastian, Fla., was helped by medical workers when he cramped up after finishing the race.
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| April 16, 2012

A runner collapsed at the finish line.
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| April 16, 2012

American Tyrell Heaton was helped to the finish line by Canadian Jeff Fyfe, left, and American Blake Whitney.
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| April 16, 2012