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The standards have been in place since 1970 for male runners and 1972 for female runners. The standards are published by the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.), in advance of the qualifying window. To "qualify" for the Boston Marathon runners need to have run a marathon at a time given for their gender and age (as shown in the tables below).
The BAA said it had 36,406 qualifier entry applications for next year’s race, more than ever before. (AP) BOSTON, MA (AP) — Runners hoping to qualify for the 2026 Boston Marathon are going to ...
The Boston Athletic Association has updated its qualifying times for the world's oldest annual marathon, asking most prospective competitors to run a 26.2-mile race five minutes faster than in ...
The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. [ 1 ] Begun in 1897, the event was inspired by the success of the first marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics. [ 2 ]
The 2024 Boston Marathon was the 128th official edition of the annual marathon race in Boston, Massachusetts, run on Monday, April 15, 2024. [1][2][3][4] A Platinum Label marathon, it was the second of six World Marathon Majors events scheduled for 2024. [5][6] The number of participants was limited to 30,000, with 22,019 runners chosen basen ...
Lemma set the 10th fastest time in the race's 128 years. Hellen Obiri captured her second-in-a-row marathon win clocking in at 2 hours, 22 minutes, and 37 seconds, Obiri faced a tight race between ...
CHICAGO — Sarah Bohan toed the starting line of the Chicago Marathon last weekend with a very specific plan in place. But by the time she finished the 26.2-mile course, her mission had changed ...
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (left) meeting with marathon medical workers and volunteers. After the planned 2020 edition of the race was canceled, [a] due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers moved the 2021 race from its traditional Patriots' Day date in April to Columbus Day federal holiday in October (which is a federal holiday, unlike Patriots' Day, a local only holiday).