Sponsors of the Boston Marathon who decided...
Sponsors of the Boston Marathon who decided just a month ago to award prizes for the first time, announced that the nation’s oldest continually run marathon would have a purse of $250,000.
Before prizes were established, winners of the Boston Marathon got a laurel wreath and, along with every other finisher, beef stew.
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