People running in marathons generally do have a form of transportation nearby when they cross the finish line. However there is not a car waiting on them provided by the marathon, it will be there own vehicle, or a friend/ family memeber waiting for them.
People run marathons on a regular basis. There is always a risk but the risk is lessened if you have trained up for 2 hours of distance running.
The Girl Running blog focuses on a woman who is attempting to get her life back on track by dieting and running marathons. One can follow the posts which can be inspirational at times and definitely helps to keep people motivated.
I have know people to burn about 1 to 3 thousand calores per hour running marathons. They all depend on the individual and their metabolism and other factors. Typically that is the range.
Yes, they do.
Marathons is plural for marathon, which refers to a running race that is about 26 miles (42 kilometers) long. It also refers to something that lasts an extremely long time or requires great effort, such as an event or activity, or a contest in which people compete with each other to find out who can do something the longest amount of time
Considering that only about 500K people have ever run the Boston Marathon in over 115 years, the answer is not very many. If we're looking at just the US population, then that would be less than 0.2% of all Americans will run in the Boston Marathon. If we're looking at worldwide population, then it would be less than 0.0001% of the world will run in the Boston Marathon.
sometimes people do marathons or maybe do charity events
About 26. People run marathons
Because there was probably previous Marathons before the London Marathon. Example - a runner in a Marathon could have the number 1498 when there is only 357 people running there with him/her. The next Marathon might have less people but even higher numbers.
Yes, there are running stores. One of the biggest seems to be The Running Company (http://www.therunningcompany.net/), a chain of stores dedicated to runners. There are many others as well, such as the Finish Line Running Store and Runner's World.
During the Great Depression, people needed something to entertain themselves.
In 1776 there were no marathons. This is a modern idea. People didn’t need them they had to walk to places.