The world’s oldest annual marathon, covered in nearly every issue of Marathon & Beyond. Hal Higdon’s many Boston pieces sit alongside Hopkinton-to-Boylston race reports, oral histories of the BAA, and reflections on the 1996 centennial.
Miles Make Champions Editorial StaffJuly 200112 min Between the end of World War II and 1967, only one American won the Boston Marathon. From 1968 to 1983, the men’s race…
One from the Heart Editorial StaffMay 200215 min But the trip had more pleasant aspects: we had hiked the Grand Canyon, explored Carlsbad Caverns, and gone float boat fishing in…
The 10 Percent Solution Editorial StaffNovember 20005 min THE FUTURE OF MEASUREMENT Measurement News isan excellent magazine with considerable technical integrity. Runners would do well to analyze their performance objectively,…
Leveling the Boston Course Editorial StaffSeptember 20016 min The Boston Marathon course is famous for its hills. From the start in Hopkinton to the finish on Boylston Street in Boston,…
On the Road with Kathrine Switzer Kathrine SwitzerJuly 19971 min OF MARCH, NEXT YEAR, THE RACE TURNS TWENTY-FIVE, AND THE ORGANIZERS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN PLANNING A GRAND CELEBRATION. BUT FIRST,…
My Most Unforgettable: January/February 2000 Ron WayneJanuary 200015 min Ny Most | Unforgettable , Marathon (And What | Learned From It) BY RON WAYNE ‘COURTESY OF RON WAYNE OSTON, April…
The Art of Peaking Editorial StaffMarch 199718 min Young John Kelley's Journal The following is the journal entry made by John J. (Young John) Kelley, whose 1962 win at Yonkers…
My Most Unforgettable Marathon: March/April 1997 Editorial StaffMarch 19979 min 1985: Lisa Weidenbach is last American victor. Smith repeats. Bad business deal with Marshall Medoff declared void. Lacking financial incentives…
Borne Free Editorial StaffMarch 199731 min entries. While other races went begging for participants, runners had to prove themselves before they were allowed to pin on a coveted Boston Marathon…
Boston’s Pseudo “100th” Editorial StaffMarch 199710 min Asimilar record of longevity has accompanied another institution—namely, the marathon, an event created as a special one-time-only novelty race to honor the host…
The “Real” 100th Boston Editorial StaffMarch 19975 min But as innocent and inspiring as that statement sounds, it stung many long-standing New Zealand athletic administrators of the 1960s, who back…
