In 1970, Ron Hill became the first British runner to win the Boston Marathon, setting a new course record of 2:10:30. Esther Atkins (then Esther Erb) was the 19th female finisher at the 2014 ...

Lanae Brody shares how she ran all six world major marathons, finishing at the 129th Boston Marathon, in less than 3 years.

The Boston Marathon raised a staggering $50.4 million in donations for charity — a double-digit jump in just one year.

Below, find a sampling of reader responses pertaining to their likes and dislikes of the Boston Marathon logo redesign. Some quotes have been lightly edited for length and clarity. “I think it ...

I'm not used to seeing people blown up with injuries." — Jim Davis, 65, of Fairfield, Iowa, one of the Boston Marathon's official photographers who was about 50 feet from where the first blast ...

The first running of the Boston Marathon was from Metcalf’s Mill in Ashland to the Irvington Oval in Boston on April 19, 1897. Women were not allowed entry into the Boston Marathon until 1972.

and sister-in-law had all done the Boston Marathon. “He’s putting us all to shame,” Perchard said of her husband. “He said he was gonna start running age 50, and there he went flying by.

One of the most famous races in the world, the Boston Marathon, will be makeits 129th grand appearance on April 21. Serving as the world's oldest official marathon, which made its initial debut in ...