marathon ] If run wisely and with patience, the course can be very fast. yesterday in the fantastic time of 2 hours, 18 minutes, 51 seconds. Conditions never have been more propitious for a super Marathon Saint Ralph is the unlikely story of Ralph Walker, a ninth-grader who outran everyone's expectations except his own in his bold quest to win the 1954 Boston Marathon. var s_prop1="Sports | Boston Marathon";