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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 .
In January 2016, the B.A.A. purchased an office building yards from the starting line of the Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to serve the association for the runner registration and services for various B.A.A. events. [36] In March 2023, Bank of America (BOA) took over sponsorship of the Boston Marathon, replacing John Hancock. BOA ...
July 2 – 12: 2025 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Skopje; July 11 – August 3: 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore; July 16 – 27: 2025 Summer World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr; August 7 – 17: 2025 World Games in Chengdu; November 15 – 26: 2025 Summer Deaflympics in Tokyo; December 9 – 20: 2025 Southeast Asian ...
Runners hoping to qualify for the 2026 Boston Marathon are going to have to pick up the pace. The Boston Athletic Association has updated its qualifying times for the world's oldest annual ...
The men's and women's winners of the 2011 Boston Marathon ran in the first B.A.A. 10K and both won their respective categories. Geoffrey Mutai won the men's race in 27 minutes 19 seconds (a state record), while Caroline Kilel crossed the line in 31:58 to win the women's section. [ 7 ]
Boston Marathon times for Seacoast NH, Maine runners 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 ...
One of Kathrine Switzer's most interesting reads involved the 19th-century connection between Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
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). Before the 2012 marathon, qualification allowed runners to register and run the race.