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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.
The Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run is an annual 10-mile (16 km) road race in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1973 originally as a precursor training run for elite runners planning to compete in the Boston Marathon, the race has evolved over the years into a local race for runners of all abilities. Nevertheless, it still attracts international running ...
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 ]
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 loudest sections of the course in ...
Storrow Drive is a parkway, running from Soldiers Field Road at the Boston University Bridge (Route 2) eastward to an intersection with Embankment Road (Route 28) in downtown Boston. Originally portions of Routes C1 & C9 were routed along Storrow Drive through 1970. From 1970 through 1989, U.S. Route 1 was routed along Storrow Drive.
Pete Thibeault and Matt Tobin, both of Pioneer Turf Surfaces, paint the start line on East Main Street (Route 135) in Hopkinton for the 128th running of the Boston Marathon, April 9, 2024.
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 ...
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).