Meb wins ING New York City Marathon

Meb wins ING New York City Marathon

NEW YORK – Proudly pointing to the bold “USA” written across his singlet and giving thumbs up to the Central Park crowd, Meb Keflezighi on Sunday became the first American man since 1982 to cross the finish line first at the ING New York City...

Welcome to the Marathon section

The Marathon, the distance that still puzzles and intrigues most, as well as attracting the most media and public attention. The distance that legends are based upon, from the greats who ran it Emil Zatopek to Carlos Lopes as well as Frank Shorter who surely ignited...

Rothlin wins Tokyo in 2:07:23 Swiss national record

Viktor Röthlin, who won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, won the 2008 Tokyo Marathon – an IAAF Road Race Silver Label event – with 2:07:23. It was a course record by more than two minutes, eclipsing the mark of 2:09:45 set by...

Comrades Mom by Surita

In 2004 my mom decided after 15 years of running to realise a lifetime dream and do her first Comrades in 2005. Since January all conversations were about training, shoes, what to eat and off course the fear of a serious injury. There were two scares –one was a torn...

Kirkwood won the 2007 Christchurch marathon

Craig Kirkwood won the Christchurch marathon in 2h 26m 17s, on Sunday. He was through the half way in 70m 20s and went on to beat last year’s winner Jeremy Horne from Australia by a minute and ten seconds. Kirkwood had intended running a qualifying time for the world...