The Boston Marathon is run through six towns and two cities, including 2.6 miles in Boston.
And, if it is possible, what will it mean when the first 1 59 59 marathon is run?
Chicago's flat course could produce a searing time when the marathon is run Oct. 11, but weather could be a determining factor.
Nani kept his footing to set up Raul Meireles for the all-important strike, and when it was done, Meireles concluded: "The marathon is run until the end, and we played until the last minute.
A lot of the people that were running in the marathon were running and raising money for a charity.
On Nov. 7, another marathon was run.
The marathon was run along the Appian Way and ended under the Arch of Constantine.
As always, the marathon was run on Patriots' Day, a Massachusetts holiday remembering the unpleasantness at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
Mr. Fleming won New York in 1973 and 1975, when all 26.2 miles of the marathon were run in loops of Central Park.
The year-end lists show that the top 20 times in the marathon were run by Kenyans.
In April, Brixton erupted in race riots and the first London marathon was run – with the two leading athletes joining hands as they crossed the finishing line together.
