Best of the west: How the suburbs rank
Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff
Most marathon runners, Boston Athletic Association
Hopkinton, where the Boston Marathon begins every year, had 30.2 runners per 10,000 residents this year, a rate higher than any other community. Southborough, Wellesley, and Carlisle also had strong turnouts, while Brookline trailed only Boston and Cambridge in total number of runners with 121.
