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...

Semple, Boston's Mr. Marathon, pages 7, 114–118, Waterford Publishing Co., ISBN 978-0942052015 Boston Marathon History. baa.org Boston Marathon History:...

The Yonkers Marathon, is a marathon race held annually in Yonkers, New York. Founded in 1907, it is the second oldest marathon in the United States, after...

country at the Summer Olympics, in 1936 and 1948, and competed in the Boston Marathon over 50 times, winning in 1935 and 1945. He was often dubbed "Kelley...

oldest marathon in Europe and the third-oldest in the world (after the Boston Marathon, first held in 1897, and the Yonkers Marathon, first held in 1907)....

each year, with celebrations including battle reenactments and the Boston Marathon. In 1894, the Lexington Historical Society petitioned the Massachusetts...

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...

Americans to have won the Boston Marathon (the other being Thomas Longboat, of the Onondaga Nation from Canada, who won the 1907 marathon) and the only indigenous...

1897, the Tour de Paris Marathon in 1902, the Yonkers Marathon in 1907, and the London Polytechnic Marathon in 1909. Such marathons played a key role in...

2011) was an American long-distance runner who won the 1957 Boston Marathon and the marathon at the 1959 Pan American Games. He was also a member of the...

Johnny Kelley (1907–2004) was an American long-distance runner who won the Boston Marathon in 1935 and 1945, also known as "Kelley the Elder" Johnny Kelley...

"Bostonians" or "the Bostons"; or the "Americans" or "Boston Americans" as in "American Leaguers", Boston being a two-team city. Their 1901–1907 jerseys, both...

Lot". The Boston Globe. December 2, 1960. "The Khalil Gibran Memorial". Boston Literary District. Retrieved June 3, 2022. "Boston Marathon Memorial"....

Ford (born 1887) was an American long distance runner who won the Boston Marathon in 1906. At the age of eighteen, he is the youngest person ever to...

The Chicago Marathon is a road marathon held in October in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the seven World Marathon Majors. Thus, it is also a World Athletics...

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...

American long distance runner who won the 1905 Boston Marathon. Lorz is also known for his "finish" in the marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics, where he did...

was an American long-distance runner who won the 1902 Boston Marathon and competed in the marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. Mellor...

United States, 25 miles (40 km) west of Boston. The town is best known as the starting point of the Boston Marathon, held annually on Patriots' Day each...

the Marathon". Boston Marathon. Boston Athletic Association. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Who We Are, French Cultural Center of Boston, retrieved...

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...

Olympics teams in 1920, 1924, and 1928. Ryan competed in the Boston Marathon in 1907, finishing 15th, in 1908 he came in fourth place with a time of...

1947) was a Canadian runner, best known as the winner of the second Boston Marathon in 1898. He later became a successful physician in Nova Scotia. MacDonald...

Lenox Hotel is located less than a block from the finish line of the Boston Marathon, held every year in April. The hotel recently underwent a $35 million...

George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as chairman...

mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral...

is the first Newfoundland-born Olympic marathoner and, as he did not become a US citizen until September 16, 1907, is considered by some to be the first...

World Series win in 2018. Boston sports continue to dominate. On April 15, 2013, two bombs were detonated during the Boston Marathon, killing three people...

He became the first runner from outside North America to win the Boston Marathon in 1932. De Bruyn defeated defending champion Jimmy Henigan in 2:33:36...

of World Athletics Label marathon races List of marathon races The inaugural Guadalajara Marathon in 1984 was a half marathon. The second edition, in 1985...