Yesterday, in the 2011 LA marathon, 27000 of us participated but of that 27000, 18914 finished -- Which is about 71% (it was under extreme conditions though, which may have caused more people than usual to drop out (all-day torrential rain, and 20mph winds = the shivers)
Considering that only about 500K people have ever run the Boston Marathon in over 115 years, the answer is not very many. If we're looking at just the US population, then that would be less than 0.2% of all Americans will run in the Boston Marathon. If we're looking at worldwide population, then it would be less than 0.0001% of the world will run in the Boston Marathon.
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Over 11,000 people
It's considered as the biggest marathon in the world... 32'000 who reached the finish - sorry, not really the answer... but if you consider furthermore those who go to help there... it certainly "affects" (in positive sense I hope) the population.
At the starting line it was announced that there were about 28,000.
Electrolyte make you urinate , so when you have to urinate you run to the finish faster.
37,500
The men's world record is 2:03:38 and the women's world record is 2:15:25 minutes. In the 2007 Boston Marathon, the person that finished in 5,029th place ran the distance in 3:28:08. Many people run a marathon as a challenge and not as a competition with the other racers. Katie Holmes did it in 5 and a half hours. Some folks, soon to include Hamish Blake, take 6 or more hours or more to complete the marathon. Look under the Related Questions link to see how old the oldest person was to finish a marathon.
Athletes in a marathon run 26 miles. Athletes in a marathon run 26 miles.
Generally 105,000 to 120,000. Good luck and GO GATORS!
You will have run 13,833.6 feet.
Yes and he finished with a time of 5:40:51. I believe they also played Elvis as he crossed the finish.