Boston Marathon Photo Gallery

19,682 runners crossed the Boston Marathon finish line on Boylston Street in 2006. Victah Sailer / Photo Run

A record 38,708 runners entered the 100th running of the Boston Marathon in 1996. Victah Sailer / Photo Run

Bill Rodgers won his hometown race four times, first in 1975, then from 1977-1979. Jeff Johnson

Catherine Ndereba is the only woman to have won four Boston Marathons. Victah Sailer / Photo Run

Joan Benoit set an American record in her debut at the 1979 Boston Marathon. Four years later she returned to set a World Record. Jeff Johnson

John A. Kelley completed a record 58 Boston Marathons, winning twice--in 1935 and 1945. B.A.A. Photo

John J. Kelley is the only member of the Boston Athletic Association to have won the Boston Marathon. He placed second on five occasions as well. B.A.A. Photo

Margaret Okayo set a course record of 2:20:43 in winning the 2002 Boston Marathon. Victah Sailer / Photo Run

Runners pass the half-way mark of the Boston Marathon in Wellesley, MA. Fay Foto

Spectators and runners filled the town of Hopkinton for the start of the 2006 Boston Marathon. Victah Sailer / Photo Run

Two-time Boston Marathon champion Robert K. Cheruiyot holds the course record of 2:07:14. Lisa Coniglio / Photo Run