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The Boston Marathon was first run in April 1897, having been inspired by the revival of the marathon for the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Until 2020 it was the oldest continuously running marathon, [6] and the second longest continuously running footrace in North America, having debuted five months after the Buffalo Turkey Trot. [7]
John McDermott won the first Boston Marathon in 1897. Clarence DeMar has won the Boston Marathon seven times, more than any other runner in the Men's open division. Suh Yun-bok set a world record at the 1947 Boston Marathon. John J. Kelley won the 1957 Boston Marathon with a course record. Aurèle Vandendriessche won back-to-back marathons in ...
William Henry Rodgers (born December 23, 1947) is an American runner, Olympian, and former record holder in the marathon.Rodgers is best known for his four victories in both the Boston Marathon, including three straight from 1978 to 1980, and 4 straight wins in the New York City Marathon, between 1976 and 1979.
The Boston Athletic Association has updated its qualifying times for the world's oldest annual marathon, asking most prospective competitors to run a 26.2-mile race five minutes faster than in ...
Spencer, a golden retriever from Holliston, was for several years an early-mile inspiration for Boston Marathon runners in Ashland. Spencer died in February 2023 at age 13.
One commissioned work is The Boston Dream, a Primitive School painting showing the marathon course, with Hopkinton and Boston rising from the distance, as two winter runners—a woman and a man—train for their "Boston dream". [9] Kelley died in 2004 at age 97; he is buried in Quivet Neck Cemetery in East Dennis, Massachusetts.
Runners along the course in Wellesley during 128th running of the Boston Marathon, in front of Wellesley College, April 15, 2024. A look at the times of local finishers is below.
Evans Kiplagat Chebet (born 10 November 1988) [1] is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road races.In 2022, he became the third man this century to win both the Boston Marathon and New York City Marathon. [3]