A friend of mine claims to have run the Boston marathon, from start to finish, in less than four hours. Three hours and forty three minutes, to be exact. Is this even possible? That's something like... I don't even know, I can't even calculate how many miles per minute that is. He also alleges to have been injured during mile 15 and I think that's where his story really falls apart.|||Yes, it is possible. The world record for the men's marathon is about 2 hours and 4 minutes. It is about 2 hours and 15 minutes for the women's marathon.
If your friend ran the Boston marathon, there is a good chance he had to qualify. That means he had to have run another marathon in a time determined by his age. That qualifying marathon may have been faster for him than his Boston time.
If he ran the 2009 marathon, use the page at [1] to look for his results. If you would like to see the qualifying times for next year's Boston Marathon, see the page at [2].
Your friend's average pace would have been about 8:33 per mile.
My personal marathon best is 3:44. I wasn't injured at mile 15, but I started to slow down a lot at that point.|||The world record is 2:03:59 and in order to qualify you need to be able to run a marathon in under 4 hours. So yes, he did run it. And it's not that fast either. For one age group you need to have run better than 2:50 to qualify. Also, it doesn't surprise me that he got "injured" during the marathon. Marathons are brutal on your body and take a lot out of you. He probably wasn't actually injured, but really hurting definitely.|||Yeah it's possible, fastest time ever was a little over 2 hours|||A young woman I work with runs faster than your friend. She could complete that marathon in 3 hours, maybe less.
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