What the Boston Marathon really means

April 16, 2013 12:44

The New Yorker on what the Boston Marathon means.

The Boston Marathon is America's iconic race, the oldest marathon in the country, and the most important. Eighteen people ran it in 1897; last year, thirty-five thousand did.

It's the site of Alberto Salazar and Dick Beardsley's 1982 duel in the sun. It's where Kip Litton may have ridden a bike, and where Rosie Ruiz definitely took the subway. The race is also iconic because you have to qualify. A New York Marathon shirt means someone got lucky in a race lottery. A Boston Marathon shirt means they've run fast. Here's more

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