BOSTON MARATHON HAD 98 PERCENT COMPLETION RATE

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Monday’s wretched Patriots Day weather – raw, rainy and windy – couldn’t daunt the 27,165 runners who started the 119th Boston Marathon. All but 555 of them crossed the Boylston Street finish line before the timing clock was switched off, a 98 percent completion rate. Of 30,250 registrants, 27,506 picked up their bib numbers and only 341 of them didn’t make it to the Hopkinton starting line. Virtually all of the 9,000 race volunteers turned up and went the distance as well.

road race managementChristina MartinApril 21, 2015boston globeComment

RACE DIRECTOR: DESPITE CONCERNS, BOSTON MARATHON TURNED OUT JUST FINE

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Bart Yasso of Runner’s World magazine declared this year’s Boston Marathon “the most significant marathon in the history of the sport.”

No pressure there.

road race managementChristina MartinMay 6, 2014boston globeComment

BAA’S HEAT PLANS SAVED DAY FOR BOSTON MARATHON

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The organizers had been through this five years ago, when a nasty nor’easter brought wind and rain that might have sent Captain Ahab below decks.