Ho ea ka boitsebiso bo ka tlaase mona, marathone a khale ka ho fetisisa a tšoaroang selemo le selemo ke afe?
Context:Marathone ea Boston e qalile ka la 19 Mmesa 1897,'me e ile ea bululeloa ke katleho ea tlholisano ea pele ea marathone lipapaling tsa Liolimpiki tsa Lehlabula tsa 1896. Ke marathone a khale ka ho fetisisa a mathang selemo le selemo lefatšeng,'me ke e' ngoe ea liketsahalo tse tummeng ka ho fetisisa tsa mabelo a litsela lefatšeng. Tsela ea eona e tloha Hopkinton e ka boroa ho Middlesex County, ho ea Copley Square e Boston. Tlhōlo ea Johnny Hayes lipapaling tsa Liolimpiki tsa Lehlabula tsa 1908 le eona e ile ea tlatsetsa khōlong ea pele ea ho matha sebaka se selelele le ho matha marathone United States. Hamorao selemong seo, merabe e neng e le teng nakong ea matsatsi a phomolo ho kopanyelletsa le Empire City Marathon e neng e tšoaretsoe ka Letsatsi la Selemo se Secha ka 1909 Yonkers, New York, e ile ea tšoaea bohlanya ba pele ba ho matha bo bitsoang "ma-marathon mania". Ka mor'a Lipapali tsa Liolimpiki tsa 1908, mabelo a pele a mahlano a marathone a batho ba sa ithutelang New York City a ne a tšoaroa ka matsatsi a khethehileng: Letsatsi la Thanksgiving, letsatsi ka mor'a Keresemese, Letsatsi la Selemo se Secha, Letsatsi la Tsoalo la Washington le Letsatsi la Tsoalo la Lincoln.  Tlhōlo ea Frank Shorter papaling ea marathone Lipapaling tsa Liolimpiki tsa Lehlabula tsa 1972 e ne e tla susumetsa cheseho ea sechaba bakeng sa papali ena e matla ho feta e ileng ea latela tlhōlo ea Hayes lilemo tse 64 pejana. Ka 2014, ho hakanngoa hore baatlelete ba 550,600 ba ile ba qeta lebelo la marathone United States. Sena se ka bapisoa le 143.000 ka 1980. Kajeno ho tšoaroa litlholisano tsa marathone hoo e ka bang beke le beke lefatšeng lohle.
Boston Marathon ke marathone a khale ka ho fetisisa a tšoaroang selemo le selemo lefatšeng, a qalileng ka la 19 April, 1897.