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.
Between The “Crazy People” Kayla SupkoffFeature20137 min Between the “Crazy A bit of insanity goes y dad ran his first marathon when I was 3 years old. Thirteen years later,…
Confessions Of An Adult-Onset Streaker Bill SuedmeyerFeature20137 min My goal in life? To run tomorrow. K, I admit it: I am a streaker. In fact, I am an adultC)ens streaker….
Forever French Pat ButcherFeature201332 min The Destiny of Ali Mimoun, a book in two parts. Mimoun meets the Czech, his lifelong rival and friend. Part 2 of 2. Zatopek Adozen…
Going Far, Part 2 Joe HendersonFeature201216 min special book bonus Surviving the ‘60s became an endurance sport of its own. Part 2. 4. The pre-pros ULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA, December 1967….
Afterlife Dan HorvathFeature201213 min You’ve just completed your first, fifth, or 50th marathon. What do you do now? uttered those exact two words. Whether you’ve achieved your goals, failed miserably,…
Forever French Pat ButcherFeature201210 min The Destiny of Ali Mimoun, a book in two parts. Part 1. Race for Kenya, completed a dozen years ago, my backers agreed to fund…
In Emil’s Footprints Richard BenyoFeature201226 min […] marathon champion Gelindo Bordin, two Italians, conferred at the Cibulka Restaurant in Prague, convinced that Prague should have a marathon just like New…
Jason Kehoe—In Memoriam Toni ReavisFeature20123 min Jason Kehoe— In Memoriam “Some people cast shadows on one’s life, while others are etched in one’s being and their outline remains clear and…
The Tale Of The Pied Piper Dan HorvathFeature20123 min It was 40 years ago when Frank Shorter won at Munich and led us astray. 40 years since Frank Shorter’s Olympic…
Women Wept, Strong Men Lost Their Lunch Rob HadgraftFeature201216 min […] lay ahead. I was pleased when we were finally called to the track for the 12:30 start. The temperature…
