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Boston & London Marathons To Be Held Nearly Two Weeks Apart In 2019 - RRWPublished by
BOSTON & LONDON MARATHONS TO BE HELD NEARLY TWO WEEKS APART IN 2019 By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2018 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved - Used with permission. (25-Apr) -- For 2019, the Boston and London Marathons are scheduled to be 13 days apart, the longest gap between those two events in 24 years. Both events are part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, series XII. Next year, Boston will be held on Monday, April 15, and London will be held on Sunday, April 28. The last time that Boston and London were approximately two weeks apart was in 1995 when London was held first on April 2, and Boston followed on April 17. The farthest apart the events have ever been was in 1984 when Boston was April 16 and London was May 13, a 27-day gap. The date shift is driven by the fact that Easter Sunday, long seen as a no-go date for event organizers in western countries, is the Sunday which follows Boston next year, April 21. The Boston Marathon is always held on Patriots' Day, a state holiday in Massachusetts (also in Connecticut, Wisconsin and Maine), which is the third Monday in April regardless of when Easter is celebrated. The Virgin Money London Marathon was founded in 1984, and has been held 38 times. During that time period, the Boston and London Marathons have been held on back-to-back days 11 times (the last time in 2011 when London was April 17 and Boston April 18). Over the last 10 years, London has followed Boston by 6 days on eight occasions, including the last four consecutive years. Here is the date history of the two events (data courtesy of the Association of Road Racing Statisticians): Year Boston London Days Apart 2019 April 15 April 28 +13 The Abbott World Marathon Majors Series XII begins with the BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday, September 16. The Series XI champions, Eliud Kipchoge and Mary Keitany, were crowned in London on Monday. PHOTO: Eliud Kipchoge, Manuela Schar, Marcel Hug and Mary Keitany after receiving their Abbott World Marathon Majors Series XI trophies in London on April 23, 2018 (Photo by Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly) More news |