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The Illinois Marathon is a for-profit marathon which was held for the first time on April 11, 2009 in Champaign, Illinois. This was to be the first marathon ever held in Champaign . [2] The course is very flat and it was expected to produce fast times, with only 85 feet (26 m) of elevation change. [2]
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 number of participants was limited to 30,000, with 22,019 runners chosen basen on their performances in qualifying events. [7] A record number of 33,000 runners applied to run the race, from 127 countries.
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 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 ...
South Framingham train station. A key gathering spot for spectators during the first half of the marathon route, the South Framingham Train Station at 417 Waverly St. (Route 135) is among the ...
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).
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.