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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 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).
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (left) meeting with marathon medical workers and volunteers. After the planned 2020 edition of the race was canceled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers moved the 2021 race from its traditional Patriots' Day date in April to Columbus Day federal holiday in October (which is a federal holiday, unlike Patriots' Day, a local only holiday).
For 26.2 miles, the Boston Marathon route winds eastward through the streets of MetroWest before finishing in Boston. ... Dick Hoyt died in 2021, at age 80, and Rick Hoyt died last May, at 61.
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 ...
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.
MBTA service starts about 5 a.m., and there will be a $15 commuter rail Marathon pass available for unlimited all-weekend use. You can purchase a $11 unlimited one-day pass for use on buses and ...
Dzhokhar "Jahar" Anzorovich Tsarnaev (born July 22, 1993) is an American terrorist of Chechen and Avar descent who perpetrated the Boston Marathon bombing. On April 15, 2013, Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, planted pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The bombs detonated, killing three people and ...