26.2 miles
There is no time limit for completing a marathon. Sometimes people who are physically challenged in some way will take until after sunset to complete the race, just to prove to themselves that they can. The fastest time ever recorded for a marathon was just over 123 minutes at the 2011 Boston Marathon.
The number of people who ran the Arizona half marathon in 2010 were roughly 7,800 people.
Enough
37,000
zero went
Over 11,000 people
1,531 (2013)
37,000
Yesterday, in the 2011 LA marathon, 27000 of us participated but of that 27000, 18914 finished -- Which is about 71% (it was under extreme conditions though, which may have caused more people than usual to drop out (all-day torrential rain, and 20mph winds = the shivers)
over 1 million. If you are wondering why so many, it is because it is where the Modern Marathon distance was decided in 1912.
250.000