The Boston Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, is a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) race which has been held in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts...
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times at the Berlin Marathon, three times at the Boston Marathon, five times at the Chicago Marathon, six times at the London Marathon, and five times at...
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Ellison Brown (category Boston Marathon male winners)
was a two-time winner of the Boston Marathon in 1936 (2:33:40) and 1939 (2:28:51) and 1936 U.S. Olympian. He ran the marathon in the 1936 Summer Olympics...
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Frederick Lorz (category Boston Marathon male winners)
February 4, 1914) was an American long distance runner who won the 1905 Boston Marathon. Lorz is also known for his "finish" in the marathon at the 1904...
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line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring roughly 264. The subsequent search for the bombers led to a lock-down of Boston and surrounding...
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Harry Smith (runner) (redirect from Harry Smith (marathoner))
rooms with Jim Thorpe on the way to the Olympics. Smith also ran the Boston Marathon 10 years in a row. He finished 10th at the 1912 event with a time of...
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The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea...
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Copley Square (redirect from Copley Square, Boston)
the poet (1977) The Tortoise and the Hare, Nancy Schön (1994) The Boston Marathon Centennial Monument, Mark Flannery (1994). Additions by Robert Shure...
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Jimmy Duffy (redirect from James Duffy (marathoner))
marathon runners at the beginning of the 20th century. He participated in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm and was the winner of the 1914 Boston...
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Arthur Roth (category Boston Marathon male winners)
York Evening Mail Modified Marathon and placed 31st out of 1,500 runners. In 1914, he finished fifth at the Boston Marathon and was reported to have been...
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John McDermott (runner) (category Boston Marathon male winners)
or "little Mac", he won the first marathon run in the United States in 1896, as well as the inaugural Boston Marathon, then known as the B.A.A. Road Race...
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Gelindo Bordin (category Boston Marathon male winners)
an Olympic gold in the marathon and the only male to win both the Boston Marathon and the Olympic gold medal in this event. Born in Vicenza, Italy, Bordin...
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organization formed a close association with the city of Boston and its people in relation to the Boston Marathon bombing that occurred on April 15, 2013. On April...
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including: Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern, and Harvard. The city is also home to prestigious sports events such as the Boston Marathon and the...
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Hynes Convention Center station (category Railway stations in the United States opened in 1914)
began in December 1912; it opened in October 1914 along with the Boylston Street subway for use by the Boston Elevated Railway (BERy). Construction on a...
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as though he had won the marathon. He was invited to run in many races around New England. Andrew completed the Boston Marathon in 1912 and 1913, finishing...
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States, after the Boston Marathon. It is held on the third Sunday in October. In addition to the marathon, there is a half marathon race and a 5K course...
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the Marathon". Boston Marathon. Boston Athletic Association. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Who We Are, French Cultural Center of Boston, retrieved...
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was finalized on November 22, 2022. Bertinelli ran in the April 2010 Boston Marathon to benefit the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, completing it in a time...
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deputies over his response to the Boston Marathon bombing. After sexual harassment complaints by several women, the Boston Fire Department agreed to improve...
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football player and lawyer Jimmy Duffy (1890–1915), winner of the 1914 Boston Marathon Jim Duffy (rugby league) (active 1915–1920), rugby league footballer...
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Road, on the outskirts of Boston. Boston Rowing Club, near Carlton Road, hosts the annual 33 miles (53 km) Boston Rowing Marathon each year in mid-September...
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mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral...
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George V. Brown (category Boston Marathon)
sports and sporting events in the United States, most notably the Boston Marathon and amateur ice hockey. From 1904 to 1936, Brown served the United...
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Copley station (category Railway stations in the United States opened in 1914)
Copley station is closed every year on the day of the Boston Marathon. After the Boston Marathon bombing, the station remained closed through April 23...
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Boston reporters, only Eddie Murphy of the New York Sun and Tommy Rice of the Brooklyn Eagle had covered the game. As word got out about the marathon...
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Lawrence Cherono (category Boston Marathon male winners)
fastest marathon performer of all time with his 2:03:04 clocking at the 2020 Valencia Marathon. Cherono is a past winner of both the Boston and Chicago...
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Édouard Fabre (category Boston Marathon male winners)
was a Canadian marathon runner. Born in Sainte-Geneviève, Quebec, he won the Boston Marathon in 1915, with a time of 2:56:41.8. In 1914, he had come in...
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Boston Athletic Association to design and manufacture the first Best in Class running shirts, which were given to the top twenty 2018 Boston Marathon...
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Colby, Wisconsin (category Cities in Marathon County, Wisconsin)
Colby is a city in Clark and Marathon counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population...
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