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The 2022 Boston Marathon was a marathon race held in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 18, 2022. It was the 126th official running of the race, [ 1] and 124th time it was run on course (excluding the virtual event of 2020, and the ekiden of 1918). [ 2] The field was limited to 30,000 runners.
Posted Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 12:32 pm ET | Updated Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 9:35 am ET. WBZ-TV is covering the Boston Marathon live, and you can catch it on CBS local stream online, which can be seen ...
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 ]
Since 1990, the Boston Marathon has been ineligible for world records, as the start and finish are too far away from each other, and the race is a net downhill. [13] In 2011, Geoffrey Mutai won the race in 2:03:02, which was the world's fastest time for the marathon, beating the official world record by 57 seconds. [14]
Cars drive and park on the street days prior to the start of the 2019 Boston Marathon. Registration is now open for the 2022 race, the first to be run in April since 2019.
Sports Boston Marathon 2022: See Who From Medford Is Running More than 40 Medford residents will take part in this year's race, which will be held on Patriots Day for the first time since 2019.
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).
MASSACHUSETTS — A group of local Boston Marathon runners are sharing their stories about why they are participating in the 2022 race. From raising money for personal causes to beating their own ...