Race Facts and Marathon Milestones
Quick Marathon Splits
per mile => sub (x) marathon
4:57 => 2:10
5:20 => 2:20
5:42 => 2:30
6:06 => 2:40
6:28 => 2:50
6:51 => 3:00
7:15 => 3:10
The Boston Marathon is one of five World Marathon Majors.
As a point to point course, the Boston Marathon is always favorable for one reason, and can be favorable for another. First, the four Newton hills notwithstanding, the course drops about 440 feet between Hopkington and Boston. Second, given a west wind, runners will have the wind at their backs for the entire race. For these reasons, no times posted at the Boston Marathon are eligible for world record status.
For a chart of world record marathon times in the past hundred years, check out this interactive graph.
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