Marathon

Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya set the course record in April 2011. His world best time of 2:03:02 is not considered the World Record by IAAF, as the legendary Boston Marathon course does not conform to WR layout standards.

The 2010 event will be held on 7 November 2010 (The First Sunday in November which is the established race date). This is one of the World Marathon Majors and covers all five boroughs with a spectaciuar start at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

The expert answer is incorrect! A half marathon is not 21,098 kilometres, It is 21.1 kilometres

The name Marathon comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon (in which he had just fought),which took place in August or September, 490 BC.It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, exclaiming "Νενικήκαμεν" (Nenikékamen, 'We have won.') before collapsing and dying

The New York City Marathon starts on Staten Island, at the beginning of Staten Island side of the Verazzano Bridge, not far past the toll booths. The first two miles are run entirely on the bridge. See www.nycmarathon.org.

10,000m or 10km walk, although you're not alllowed to run in that.

In Boston.

Actually, it starts in Hopkinton, MA. It finishes at the Hancock Building in Boston. It is run on Patriots' Day, which is the 3rd Monday in April. This year, it will be April 18th.

In the United States, the average finishing time for marathons in 2011 was 4:37 (10:34/mile pace), according to MarathonGuide.com.

The NYC Marathon cost of entry can be broken down to a processing fee of $11 and a variety of entry fees depending on whether the entrant is a U.S resident and NYRR member or non-member ($216 and 255 respectively), or non-U.S resident which is priced at $347. These figures are for 2012.

7:20.67 Daniel Komen

Often considered one of the greatest world records in the sport.

• no, because sedentary meaning sitting, staying, no movement and the boston marathon is a 26 mile run... if u participate in the boston marathon u should be running not sitting with no movement.

26 miles was the distance the Greek runner covered, while running, to declare "Nike" after the last major sea battle during the Peloponnesian Wars. The Greeks begun honoring this distance as a 'marathon' distance.

Well this is possibly personal preference, but I would suggest the weighted boots from an original diving suit?

Lornah Kiplagat in 1h06:25 is the fastest recognised record (unassisted course)

The Government

Not the Government, US steel bought Marathon in 1982. USX (the parent company) sold the steel business in 2001 and changed name to Marathon Oil Corporation

For your first half marathon, probably 10-13 minutes per mile, or if you are walking a little bit too, 13-16 minutes per mile. If you are a super amazing runner and/or have run a half-marathon before, then the sky's the limit.

42.195 kilometres (or 26 miles and 385 yards)

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.

It ends in Central Park, on the Park Drive (the one-way, six-mile loop around the park, which is the only road accessible to auto traffic), at around West 65th or West 67th Street.

7 to 9 minutes is what you would get if you had done no prior running or are not in shape. 5 to 6 minutes is what you would get if you were in shape or had some prior running. Sub 5 minute miles are serious runners.

An ultramarathon is technically defined as any distance longer than the standard 26.2 mile (42.195) marathon. The 50 km race is usually considered the shortest ultramarathon with distances from 30-100 miles very common.

The number of calories marathon runners eat per day while training varies from person to person. Both women and men need to eat 2,000 to 2,500 calories per day plus an additional 100 calories for each mile they run. They also need to be sure that roughly 65 percent of their calories are coming from carbohydrates, especially complex carbohydrates.

The official standard marathon length is 26 miles (and 385 yards) according to the International Amateur Athletic Federation.

The Comrades Marathon is held in either May or June and is run from Durban to Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. It was established in 1921. Runners have 12 hours to complete the 56 mile race.

Clare Seeger was 15 years old when she run the first London Marathon in 1981. Although her time of 3hrs 49 mins in only 6 weeks of training was unofficial she was still allowed to cross the finish line. The computer made a mistake on her age and she was in the list of starters only to find out a few days before she could not run because of her age. She still did run and stopped one foot before the finish line but was then told to cross which gave her a recorded time of 3hrs 49 mins.

I was 15 when I officially completed the East Lyme Marathon in Connecticut in 1987. Does this make me the youngest official finisher of a Marathon? I couldn't be the only one. The Marathon race goes back a lot further than computers do and there were a few Marathons that allowed younger runners back then.