The first Boston Marathon

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1. Story
2. Fifteen runners start from Metcalf's Mill in Ashland and run about 24.5 miles (39.4 km) to the Irvington Oval near Copley Square. John J. McDermott of New York wins in 2:55:10. The race is organised by the Boston Athletic Association's John Graham, who had managed the American team in Athens the previous year and brought the idea back with him. It has been held every year since, which makes it the oldest annual marathon in the world.
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4. Boston Marathon
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6. Boston Athletic Association
7. The first Boston Marathon
8. Connections
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12. The temperature penalty in marathon running
13. New York City Marathon
14. Record-eligible road course criteria
15. The first modern Olympic marathon, Marathon to Athens
16. Boston
17. Abbott World Marathon Majors
18. Boston Athletic Association
19. The first Boston Marathon
20. Boston lengthens its course and moves the start to Hopkinton
21. Women run Boston, unofficially and then officially
22. The World Marathon Majors series is announced
23. Bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line
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25. Boston
26. The first Boston Marathon
27. Boston lengthens its course and moves the start to Hopkinton
28. Women run Boston, unofficially and then officially
29. Boston Marathon
30. Boston Athletic Association
31. The first Boston Marathon
32. Bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line
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34. The Boston Marathon was first run on 19 April 1897 from Ashland over about 24.5 miles, won by John J. McDermott in 2:55:10; the course was lengthened and the start moved to Hopkinton in 1924; Bobbi Gibb ran unofficially in 1966, Kathrine Switzer with a bib in 1967, and women were admitted officially in 1972. V55 verification basis: baa.org was refused by this session's egress proxy; the page was read only through attributed search summaries and contemporary Boston Globe reporting cited within them.