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321 articles — 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.

M&B Vol. 16, No. 1 · 2012 Advanced Marathoning If you’ve managed to master the beginning and intermediate training schedules that I outlined in the two previous issues of M&B and you’ve been able to… Roy Stevenson · 25 min read Vol. 16, No. 1 · 2012 Johnny John Joseph Kelley, who died on August 21, 2011, was the first American to win the Boston Marathon since the end of World War II. He… Rich Englehart · 19 min read Vol. 15, No. 6 · 2011 The Mystique Of The Marathon What would we do for fun if the Persians had won the Battle of Marathon? This thought occurred to me while I was in Greece last… Hal Higdon · 28 min read Vol. 15, No. 6 · 2011 Ski Marathon And Beyond There are many challenges to running in a Minnesota winter. It’s usually cold, often has below-zero temps, windchill readings can be arctic and the roads are… David Asp · 12 min read M&B Vol. 15, No. 6 · 2011 Intermediate-Level Marathoning If you follow my stringent guidelines in the September/October 2011 issue of Marathon & Beyond for running your first marathon, you should complete your race without… Roy Stevenson · 17 min read Vol. 15, No. 6 · 2011 Smash-Face Runners And Hooligans Shards of midday sun pierce budding branches and cast shadows on the pavement underfoot. Four-foot-high corridors of snow that protected either side of the running paths… Mackenzie Lobby · 10 min read Vol. 15, No. 6 · 2011 Gillian Adams Horovitz It’s a blustery and cold February afternoon. Down in the depths of Manhattan’s Chinatown, the sixth-graders from PS 1 are bundling up to walk down to… Gail Kislevitz · 16 min read Vol. 15, No. 6 · 2011 The Way We Were We recently had the opportunity to go sailing on San Francisco and San Pablo Bays with some friends. Their 17-year-old son came along. At one point,… Richard Benyo · 8 min read Vol. 15, No. 5 · 2011 Roamin’ Holiday Andiamo! The start of the race where the author begins her roamin' holiday with thousands of other runners near the Coliseum.Running is the best way to… Becky Green Aaronson · 9 min read Vol. 15, No. 5 · 2011 Going The Distance In Pennsylvania “W hy did I ever agree to running this?” groaned Sarah, my running partner for the day on the infamous stairway to heaven at mile 25… Phil Hesser · 22 min read M&B Vol. 15, No. 5 · 2011 Loneliness It’s a treat being a long-distance runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell you what to… Hal Higdon · 12 min read M&B Vol. 15, No. 5 · 2011 Marathon Training For Beginners: It’S All About The Mileage How to train for and run your first marathon. by Roy Stevenson Finishing your first marathon is an exciting, rewarding, and emotional experience and may well… Roy Stevenson · 26 min read Vol. 15, No. 4 · 2011 Astaris Born Shortly after Shalane Flanagan’s marathon debut in New York City, she and her husband, Steve Edwards, boarded a plane for a trip to the Hawaiian Islands.… Tito Morales · 26 min read Vol. 15, No. 3 · 2011 Choosing Between Beneath & Beyond Dear Editor, Imagine my surprise when I found the inaugural issue of Marathon & Beneath in my mailbox today. I especially liked the Short Clinic column… Matt Baxter · 19 min read Vol. 15, No. 3 · 2011 The Good, The Bad, And The Beautiful At the San Francisco Civic Center, another runner and I laced up together at the starting line. Just over 52 days later, I finished alone on… Marshall Ulrich · 15 min read Vol. 15, No. 3 · 2011 Forming A Pearl It wasn’t easy keeping my eyes forward as I entered Memorial Stadium nearing the finish line of the 2010 Amica Seattle Marathon. I could see many… Paul Gentry · 21 min read Vol. 15, No. 2 · 2011 The Purple Runner, Part 4 The Purple Runner Warren makes his move—both in the 7-mile race and on a certain Kiwi. Part 4. By Paul Christman Chapter 10 While munching a… Paul Christman · 30 min read Vol. 15, No. 2 · 2011 My Most Unforgettable Marathon (Vol. 15, No. 2) BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, April 20, 2009—I like a book to surprise me. The best movies are when I know little going in. I detest reviews and other… Michael Green · 43 min read Vol. 15, No. 2 · 2011 One Boston, One New Friend Any runner’s first Boston Marathon will be stressful. If the first Boston was 2007—the year of the nor’easter—then the stress was probably a lot higher. I… Kirk Flatow · 6 min read Vol. 15, No. 1 · 2011 Bun In the Oven Ialways considered my running a little indulgent. This self-imposed guilt trip began long before I had children. In medical school I ran around Fort McHenry in… Elizabeth Thompson · 12 min read Vol. 15, No. 1 · 2011 Billy Mills And The Marathon On the final day of the XVIII Olympiad in Tokyo 47 years ago, an orphaned U.S. Marine second lieutenant, from the University of Kansas by way… Paul Clerici · 31 min read Vol. 15, No. 1 · 2011 Being Brad Hudson The athlete A native of Summit, New Jersey, and the son of a longshoreman, Brad first began running at age 9 when he joined a “run… Anna Heintz · 14 min read Vol. 14, No. 6 · 2010 My Most Unforgettable Marathon (Vol. 14, No. 6) WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO, March 30, 2008—Heavy- weight division, 35-pound minimum pack. No mama, no papa, no Uncle Sam—these words were on the T-shirt… Karen Riddle · 11 min read Vol. 14, No. 6 · 2010 The Marathons Of Minnesota Marathons in Minnesota? When most people think of Minnesota, images of frozen tundra blanketed by snow in subzero temperatures come to mind. Yes, the weather here… David Asp · 15 min read
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