The Boston Marathon. It was first run in 1897.
The race is run on Patriot's Day, which is the third Monday in April. The 2008 Boston Marathon will be run April 21.
Athletes in a marathon run 26 miles. Athletes in a marathon run 26 miles.
The Boston Marathon is a foot race of 26 miles, 385 yards (42.2 km.), that is run annually in the City of Boston.
Kathrine Switzer
26.1 miles
The future tense of run is "will run". In a sentence. "John will run the Boston Marathon tomorrow."
The Boston Marathon Bombing
21,097.5 metres (half the distance of a normal marathon).
The Comrades Marathon is a much longer and more difficult course than the Boston Marathon. Comrades has more cumulative elevation change than the comparatively flat Boston course (by far), and it traverses 55.9 miles through South Africa, as compared to the 26.2 miles of the Boston Marathon. In short, it is longer and harder.
The winners of the marathon run at about 13 miles per hour or 21 kilometers and hour.
How would a person illegally run a marathon? Assuming he did not get money for doing so, why worry about it? To qualify for the Boston Marathon, you have to qualify in a marathon that is sanctioned by the Boston Marathon Association. Once you have qualified, you may enter the Boston Marathon. It is the only one that requires a qualifying time in order to enter. Many runners train hard to make the qualification time and are frustrated if someone jumps in the course and runs it illegally. There is no money involved, just hard, honest training.