Our aim is to provide you with important information on the best marathons. Today we’ll speak about the most famous running marathons such as Boston, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Riga marathons.
One of the most famous international marathons is Boston Marathon. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious marathon sport events in the world – the oldest of the ongoing year. [sc name="article ad"]For the first time Boston Marathon was held in the Patriots Day in 1897. Since then, the third Monday in April is a traditional running marathon day with the races at 42 km 195 m. Today the marathon offers other important activities: half marathon, 5 km run and children’s marathon. The main marathon disadvantage is weather that is absolutely unpredictable in April on the coast of New England. The number of the last decade marathon participants is more than 20,000 runners.
In 1996, the start of the 100th marathon was admired by 38 thousand participants. Amsterdam running marathon (Netherlandish Marathon van Amsterdam) is an annual Marathon taking place in the Netherlands since 1999. The marathon is usually held in October. The marathon track has a length of 42,195 meters going along the territory of Amsterdam. Traditionally Amsterdam marathon attracts the world’s strongest athletes due to its prestige as it is a member of the world top ten marathons. However, Amstredam is less big than the Netherlands Rotterdam marathon. Rotterdam Marathon (Netherlandish De Fortis Marathon Rotterdam) is an annual marathon taking place in the Netherlands since 1981. It is one of the 10 most prestigious marathon races in the world. The first two marathons were held in May.
Since the year 1983 the competition is held in April. The Netherlands Rotterdam Marathon is the most mass one. The top athletic season coincides with the usual comfort weather condition comfort. The marathon is famous for its records. In April 2008 the kenyan runner William Kipsang set a record of 2:05.49. As for women records the best result is 2:20.47 shown in 1998 by the Kenya runner Tegla Loroupe. The marathon is known to have set the world record twice (1985, 1988). Riga Marathon (Rīgas maratons) is an annual marathon passing the streets of Riga. The first competition was held in 1991 and since then is has been held annually in May and June. Since 2006 the marathon has been holding a half-marathon option. The races are held for men and women. The main sponsor of the Riga Marathon is a financial group of Nordea. The marathon record is 2:16:42 for men (2008) and 2:43:53 for women (1991), 1:05:52 in semi-marathon (in 2008).
