The 120th Boston Marathon, by the numbers
Whether you’re gluttonous the acclaim or just to finish, actuality are the numbers to apperceive for the 120th Boston Marathon. |
| The 120th Boston Marathon, by the numbers |
> 35,868 — Almanac for a lot of finishers in Boston Chase history, set in 1996 in the 100th race
> 599,799 — Runners who accept entered the Boston Chase back 1972; 98,003 didn’t finish
> 24.5 afar — Breadth of the advance for the aboriginal Boston Marathon, in 1897
> 1924 — Year that the breadth of the Chase (26.2 miles) was afflicted to bout the Olympic standard
> 1937 — Year Boston Globe sports editor Jerry Nason coined “Heartbreak Hill,” afterwards the 1936 chase if John A. Kelley was rendered “heartbroken” afterwards Ellison “Tarzan” Brown anesthetized him there and won the chase and an Olympic chase bid
> 30,000 — Number of runners entered in this year’s Marathon; addition 4,562 able but were not admitted
> 1972 — Aboriginal year that women were clearly accustomed to run the Boston Marathon
> 8 — Number of women who able in 1972; all eight finished
> $150,000 — First-place banknote cost for both the men’s and women’s accessible races
> “I in fact had humans active up next to me alms me shots. All this crazy stuff. And, no, I didn’t yield any of it.” — Will Ferrell, on active the Boston Marathon
> 2 hours, 55 minutes, and 10 abnormal — Winning time for the aboriginal Boston Marathon, in 1897
> 2 hours, 3 minutes, and 2 abnormal — Advance almanac for the macho accessible division, set by Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya in 2011
> 2 hours, 18 minutes, and 57 abnormal — Advance almanac for the changeable accessible division, set by Rita Jeptoo of Kenya in 2014
Sources: Boston Athletic Association; Britannica.com; The Boston Globe
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