. During the 1936 Boston Marathon, defending champion John A Kelley overtook Ellison 'Tarzan' Brown on this same stretch of road. As he passed, he gave his rival a consolatory pat on the shoulder. But this simply stoked Brown's competitive spirit - he

5. Boston MarathonBoston is the world’s oldest marathon, steeped in tradition and history, with fabulous crowd support, a top-class elite field and a surprisingly quick point-to-point course. Sadly it’s also a marathon that the majority of runners

and three minutes.  The 2012 Boston Marathon is on April 16. Registration opens on September 12.Picture credit: Jamie Squire/ Getty Images

, that desire is even greater.But long before Kipsang and Keitany were making their mark, Moses Tanui was the most successful Kenyan running export. He won the Boston Marathon in 1996 and 1998 before investing his prize money in several properties in the town

When Grete Waitz stood on the starting line of the 1982 Boston Marathon, she had good reason to be confident. After all, she had already entered and won three New York City Marathons, running each of them faster than the previous one. She

Boston Magazine have released an image of their May cover dedicated to the Boston Marathon bombings. The issue was in its final proofing stage before the tragic events of last week but was quickly scrapped as the events unfolded.The issue now

We had already started our celebration of another completed Boston Marathon. With little more than a half-mile to go, John and Megan Valentine and I were discussing how we could possibly improve on a great cornering photo (Hereford onto Boylston

, more performance-oriented version of the much-loved Boston. The Rotterdam has the same light, well-cushioned midsole as the Boston. And even though it doesn’t have any added stability features, it’s still reasonably stable, with some medial support due

’s most-visited cities also puts on a world-class marathon. It’s a great way to see the city, with the 85 entertainment groups along the way only adding to the attraction.Contact: www.lamarathon.comBoston MarathonMonth: AprilThe world’s oldest

Andy Dixon, Editor-in-ChiefRunner since: 2007Biggest running achievement in 2011: Achieving a new marathon PB (3:08:33) at Boston in April. I trained hard for four months, gave up booze and organised weekends around long runs, so it was nice when