Editing Boston Marathon (section)

=== Ondekoza ''taiko'' drummers ===
[[File:Ondekoza member Marco Lienhard playing Taiko at finish line of the Boston Marathon upon completing the run.jpg|alt=A marathon runner with a red shirt playing taiko drums after finishing the marathon|thumb|right|Ondekoza member Marco Lienhard playing ''[[taiko]]'' after finishing the marathon]]
Starting in 1975, members of [[Ondekoza]], a group from Japan, would run the marathon and right after finishing the race would start playing their ''[[taiko]]'' drums at the finish line.<ref>{{cite news |work=New York Times |last=Hughes |first=Alan |title=The Fierce Dedication of The ‘Demon’ Drummers |date=30 April 1978 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/30/archives/the-fierce-dedication-of-the-demon-drummers-demon-drummers.html |accessdate=31 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Boston Globe |last=Fitzgerald |first=Ray |title=These Japanese run with rhythm |date=19 April 1975}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Boston Globe |last=Wald |first=Elijah |title=Ondekoza, Not Your Humdrum Drummers |date=12 December 1994}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gilbert |first=Andrew |date=2011-03-13 |title=Drumming up drama |work=Boston.com |url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2011/03/13/the_taiko_group_kodo_drums_up_drama/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |archive-date=March 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310174930/http://archive.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2011/03/13/the_taiko_group_kodo_drums_up_drama/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They repeated the tradition several times in the 1970s and 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |work=Boston Globe |last=Taylor |first=Robert |title=Drum-beating, flute-playing marathoners in lively show |date=11 May 1976}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Boston Globe |last=Concannon |first=Joe |title=Just a little warm-up:360-mile relay race |date=17 April 1977}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Boston Globe |author=<!--none--> |title=Calendar |date=10 April 1980}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Boston Globe |author=<!--none--> |title=Calendar Choice |date=23 April 1987}}</ref> The {{convert|700|lb|kg|adj=on}} drum would be set up at the finish line to encourage runners finishing the marathon. [[Bill Rodgers (runner)|Bill Rodgers]], who inspired member's running, was a guest on [[Sado Island]] and ran marathons in Japan with Ondekoza members.<ref>{{cite news |work=Boston Globe |last=Wald |first=Elijah |title=Ondekoza: Japan's Demon Drummers |date=10 January 1993}}</ref> The group also ran the [[New York City Marathon]] and [[Los Angeles Marathon]], and ran {{convert|10000|mi|km}} of the perimeter of the United States from 1990 to 1993.<ref>{{cite news |work=New York Times |last=Longman |first=Jere |title=NEW YORK CITY MARATHON; After 9,319-Mile Run, 26.2 Should Be a Mere Stroll |date=10 November 1993 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/10/sports/new-york-city-marathon-after-9319-mile-run-26.2-should-be-a-mere-stroll.html |accessdate=31 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Modesto Bee |last=Gaffney |first=Jim |title=New York Marathon Sets a First |date=4 November 1990}}</ref>