Looks back across more than a century of marathon and ultramarathon running — from Pheidippides and the founding of the modern marathon at the 1896 Athens Olympics, through the post-war American boom, to the Salazar/Beardsley era and the modern explosion. The Marathon & Beyond archive is unusually rich in long-form running history.
Preordained Peak Performance Editorial StaffFeatureSeptember 200230 min CYBORG ATHLETES Genetic engineering is one of those concepts, like organic farming or how one feels about big bad Microsoft, that stirs an…
Just Call Me Jock Editorial StaffFeatureSeptember 200231 min from my friends along the course kept me moving. I took sixth and finish with the second fastest time, and I was…
On the Road With Kathrine Switzer: September/October 2002
Kathrine SwitzerColumnSeptember 200284 min
On the Road With Kathrine Switzer: September/October 2002 Kathrine SwitzerColumnSeptember 200284 min Mayor Daley Marathon. By then] was no longer capable of challenging younger (and faster) runners for the lead….
Running in Literature Editorial StaffFeatureSeptember 200226 min […] written a novel about an astronaut and a biography of Edmund Hillary, always focusing on the intersection of ordinary people with mythic…
Running in Literature Editorial StaffFeatureMarch 200233 min and glittering in the air, and then alighting, as winged, on the other side.” It’s not running, but I include it for those…
God’s Country Marathon Editorial StaffFeatureMarch 200226 min have yet to reach Denton Hill, where it increases to 30 degrees. The intersection at mile 14 has the left branch going to…
On the Road With Kathrine Switzer: March/April 2002
Kathrine SwitzerColumnMarch 200282 min
On the Road With Kathrine Switzer: March/April 2002 Kathrine SwitzerColumnMarch 200282 min THE PHEIDIPPIDES LEGEND The Patron Saint of Marathoning The World’s First Marathoner, Pheidippides, Ran His Race 2500 Years…
Marriage on the Run Editorial StaffFeatureMarch 200213 min bland. It was a long stretch of nothingness as we made our way out to the Olympic venues. But the finish was…
