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.
The Top 25 Marathon Finisher Medals For 2011 Cara McLaurin EsauFeature20129 min The Top 25 Marathon Finisher Medals for North America for 2011 Countdown to number 1. ith John Hayes’s…
Chasing The Flying Goddess Paul GentryFeature201210 min Marathons scramble to keep pace with incredible finisher’s medals. Marathon wasn’t what I envisioned while lacing up that morning. Yet, obsessively, my only…
The London Marathon From Inside Dave FeredayFeature201219 min A year-to-year history of the race by a runner who has done all of them. medal in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics steeplechase…
Running Luddite Ron MccrackenFeature20129 min That which is new is not necessarily better just because it is new. treigns supreme as the most important and historic stretch of macadam in…
America The Beautiful John BuckleyFeature201213 min A visitor's 50-state odyssey. 2010 Des Moines Marathon. “You have done it before and can do it again. Just don’t go out too fast….
Running Across Wisconsin For Pancreatic Cancer George NelsenFeature201224 min A nice excuse to reconnect with high school friends. was born in 1955 on a small farm about 50 miles north…
Advanced Marathoning Roy StevensonFeature201222 min Training to maximize your genetic potential. f you’ve managed to master the beginning and intermediate training schedules that I outlined in the two previous issues…
Johnny Rich EnglehartFeature201217 min John J. Kelley was a lot of things to a lot of people but consistently a friend to all. ohn Joseph Kelley, who died J on…
The Mystique Of The Marathon Hal HigdonFeature201122 min Courtesy of Hal Higdon woman standing before my booth realized it, she was displaying a humbling emotion not uncommon among marathoners. It…
Ski Marathon And Beyond David AspFeature201110 min Thirty miles below zero. often has below-zero temps, windchill readings can be arctic and the roads are covered with ice and snow. And…
Intermediate-Level Marathoning Roy StevensonFeature201116 min Training to improve your time. f you follow my stringent guidelines in the September/October 2011 issue of Marathon & Beyond for running your first marathon,…
