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Boston Marathon

205 articles — 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.

Vol. 6, No. 6 · 2002 Just Call Me Jock Chapters 1 through 6 appeared in our last three issues. CHAPTER 7 "John Kelly, sir," he said. And I said to myself as I thought of… Jock Semple · 31 min read Vol. 6, No. 6 · 2002 DeMar@Home: What Was It Like With “Mr. Marathon” Living in the Same Neighborhood? WITH ALL the complications that go with technological development, from satellites and space explorations to genetic coding and cloning, we long for what we nostalgically refer… James Goldsmith · 29 min read Vol. 6, No. 4 · 2002 Just Call Me Jock Chapters 1 and 2 of Just Call Me Jock appeared in our May/June 2002 issue. CHAPTER 3 "Use the opportunity . . . "—Frank Semple to… Jock Semple · 35 min read · 2002 Just Call Me Jock Editor's note: In ages past, giants walked the earth—and often strode out, racing the sun, howling at the moon, propagating the legends of long-distance runners that… Jock Semple · 30 min read M&B · 2001 Miles Make Champions It is May 1972, and I am 19 years old. I'm sitting in the left-field bleachers at Parc Jarry in Montreal, watching the San Diego Padres… Editorial Staff · 17 min read · 2002 One From the Heart THE LOBBY of the Campus Inn in Columbia, Missouri, was jammed to capacity on Sunday of the Labor Day weekend when Steve Kearney and I arrived.… Editorial Staff · 14 min read M&B · 2000 The 10 Percent Solution THE FUTURE OF MEASUREMENT Measurement News isan excellent magazine with considerable technical integrity. Runners would do well to analyze their performance objectively, although the dialogue that… Editorial Staff · 4 min read Vol. 5, No. 5 · 2001 In My Father’s Footsteps ONE SUNDAY morning as I sat at my kitchen table in Los Angeles nursing a hangover and smoking a cigarette, my father called me on the… Editorial Staff · 24 min read M&B · 1997 On the Road with Kathrine Switzer OF MARCH, NEXT YEAR, THE RACE TURNS TWENTY-FIVE, AND THE ORGANIZERS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN PLANNING A GRAND CELEBRATION. BUT FIRST, THEY HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS… Kathrine Switzer · 1 min read M&B · 2000 My Most Unforgettable: January/February 2000 Ny Most | Unforgettable , Marathon (And What | Learned From It) BY RON WAYNE ‘COURTESY OF RON WAYNE OSTON, April 18, 1977—The third Monday in… Ron Wayne · 14 min read · 1997 The Art of Peaking No running distance is easier to prepare for than the marathon. The primary variable you deal with when training to run or race 26.2 miles is… Editorial Staff · 17 min read · 1997 My Most Unforgettable Marathon . . . YONKERS, NEW YORK, May 13, 1962—Most marathoners associate me with the Boston Marathon. I must admit that after starting 61 Bostons and finishing 58 of them,… Editorial Staff · 9 min read · 1997 Borne Free THE MOST difficult run Uta Pippig ever took was not the Olympic or World Championships 10,000 meters or the New York City or Boston marathons, or… Editorial Staff · 32 min read · 1997 Boston’s Pseudo “100th” THE BOSTON Marathon celebrated its "100th" running in 1996 with a well-hyped, very long party, which at times stretched to over 13 miles. It was the… Editorial Staff · 10 min read · 1997 The “Real” 100th Boston Runners at the 100th Boston Marathon starting area, with the official 100th Boston Marathon banner visible overhead. © Photo Run A good idea takes on a… Editorial Staff · 4 min read M&B Vol. 19, No. 6 · 2015 Comrades Some people would say that there are two kinds of ultrarunners: those who have run Comrades, and those who want to. Comrades is famous in the… Jeff Horowitz · 23 min read Vol. 19, No. 6 · 2015 The 1968 Olympic Marathon Trials Over the years, as I have returned to run again the marathons of my youth, I find myself feeling more and more out of place, a… Joe Head · 28 min read Vol. 19, No. 5 · 2015 My Most Unforgettable Marathon DULUTH, MINNESOTA, June 20, 2015—As I sit here on a plane, flying over the Midwest, heading back to my home in Saint George, Utah, a smile… Amber Green · 10 min read Vol. 19, No. 4 · 2015 Ten Top Marathons In the United States “W hat are your top 10 marathons to run in the United States?” That was a question asked of me recently on Facebook, one of nearly… Hal Higdon · 4 min read Vol. 19, No. 4 · 2015 Running, Racing, And Death It was a regular Wednesday night. It was another routine dinner after a regular day at work and a long, boring drive home. It was three… Brian Burk · 11 min read Vol. 19, No. 3 · 2015 Largest Marathons And Their Trends In 2014 at New York, a record for the most finishers in a marathon was set at 50,432. Thirty-nine years ago in 1976, the record was… Peter Harvey · 36 min read Vol. 19, No. 2 · 2015 Wreathed In Glory The crowning of an olive-branch wreath atop the winner’s head at the Boston Marathon is far from a cliché. There is a deep, soulful connection and… Paul Clerici · 24 min read Vol. 19, No. 2 · 2015 Boston Through Allens Legs aching, sweat glistening, dehydration setting in, yet smiling ear to ear: a perfect illustration of my body and mind after a second journey along the… Kevin Frick · 15 min read Vol. 19, No. 1 · 2015 The Path To 42K Why run the marathon? However simple that question may be, the answer can vary as much as the field itself on race day. Whether the runner… Paul Clerici · 26 min read
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