According to the Boston Marathon website: Wood, Keith H. an 83 man from Sultan, WA finished in 6:23:16 and was the oldest participant in the 2012 edition.
Keith placed 21151 overall, and was the 12378 male finisher and 2nd male finisher in the 80+ age group.
well I didthe 1988 milenium marathon when I was 15
the youngest person to complete the london marathon was Ryder Hussey a 13 year old boy from Wales...
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Samuel Maverick
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.
Two people of note for their age in the Boston Marathon according to Runner's world:Ageless Wonder I: Clarence DeMar ran the Boston Marathon 32 times. In addition to his seven wins, he had eight other top-10 finishes. His fastest times were 2:18:10 over the 25-mile course in 1922 and 2:29:40 over the lengthened course two years later.Ageless Wonder II: DeMar was 65 when he ran his last Boston Marathon, but at that age John A. Kelley was just warming up. Kelley's remarkable marathon career spanned eight decades. Beginning in 1928 and ending in 1992, he started Boston 61 times, failing to finish on only three of those occasions. He won Boston twice, took second seven times and finished in the top-10 18 times. Six of those top-10 finishes came after the age of 40, one after 50.
The First perso to ever run a marathon was actually a women named "Kathrine Switzer". It was in the years of 1967 in Boston
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.
"Buster" Martin @ 101 years old
john kelly Clarence Demar
john kelly Clarence Demar
Dallas Seavey, in 2005, just one day after turning 18.