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The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. [1] Begun in 1897, the event was inspired by the success of the first marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics. [2]
The 2024 Boston Marathon was the 128th official edition of the annual marathon race in Boston, Massachusetts, run on Monday, April 15, 2024. A Platinum Label marathon, it was the second of six World Marathon Majors events scheduled for 2024.
Aurèle Vandendriessche won back-to-back marathons in 1963 and 1964. Ron Hill set a course record at the 1970 Boston Marathon. Bill Rodgers won the race four times between 1975 and 1980. Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot won the race four times, and set two course records. Geoffrey Mutai holds the current course record, 2:03:02, set in 2011.
He told me his goal now is to do even better in Boston 2025. If so, it would continue a trend. Last year, in a standout performance, Andrew was the 20th-fastest American, and 32 nd overall out of ...
Therefore, sometimes the holiday is referred to as "Marathon Monday". However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Boston Marathon was canceled, while the 2021 Boston Marathon was rescheduled to October 11. The Boston Red Sox have been scheduled to play at home in Fenway Park on Patriots' Day every year since 1959. The game was postponed due ...
Hannah Jordanides participates in a Boston Marathon sign-making event in October 2021 at Wellesley College. The 125th edition of the Marathon was postponed six months due to COVID-19.
The standards have been in place since 1970 for male runners and 1972 for female runners. The standards are published by the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.), in advance of the qualifying window. To "qualify" for the Boston Marathon runners need to have run a marathon at a time given for their gender and age (as shown in the tables below).
The 2024 edition of the Boston Marathon will again see some of the world’s best distance runners compete alongside a large mass participation field.. First held in the 19th century, a tough 26.2 ...