Geography with Goudge

Marathons by State, Per Capita-2024

The oldest continually operating marathon is the Boston Marathon.  The 128^th running of the Boston Marathon took place on Monday, April 15^th.  This map of the 1,049 marathons by state, scheduled in the U.S. for 2024, is divided by the population. The resulting distribution indicates climate plays a role. The upper Great Plains and Rocky Mountain states tend to host more marathons on a per-capita basis. The number of marathon race finishers, across the nation, has steadily increased over the past four decades from 25,000 to over a half million.