Privacy Policy Terms of Use
Podcast
Marathon & Beyond Archive · Topic

History

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.

Vol. 12, No. 6 · 2008 Taking Laziness The Distance Everyone Has a Reason for Running the Marathon, and I Guess I Do, Too. by A l e c Ve l a z c o ICourtesy… Alec Velazco · 5 min read Vol. 12, No. 5 · 2008 Flanagan’s Run, Part 8 Flanagan’s Run In the Grasp of the Desert Heat, a Science Experiment Gone Bad. Part 8. B y T om M c N ab The first… Tom McNab · 35 min read Vol. 12, No. 5 · 2008 “Like A Cat Chases Mice” ” Tom Osler Teaches Us That As We Age, There Is Glory and Fulfillment in the Chase Itself. by R i c hard E n g… Richard Englehart · 21 min read Vol. 12, No. 5 · 2008 Running The Pony Express Trail Part 1 (Day 1) of this occasional series was carried in the Nov/Dec 2005 issue. This is the story of an attempt to combine two of… Davy Crockett · 14 min read Vol. 12, No. 5 · 2008 Ancient Footprints “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have… Michael Lebow · 15 min read Vol. 12, No. 5 · 2008 An Italian Double Runners are a simple folk. Whatever the rest of the world may believe, all we really want is a road to run on and time enough… Jeff Horow · 33 min read M&B Vol. 12, No. 5 · 2008 Van, Psy.D., And Bridget A. Murphy, Ph.D. » Ted with his son, Gary, and wife, Ruth, after the Olympic Trials marathon in Yonkers, New York, in 1956. pile, I found his Olympic uniform.… John P. Sull · 6 min read Vol. 12, No. 4 · 2008 Flanagan’s Run, Part 7 Flanagan’s Run On to McPhee and the Highland Games. Part 7. B y T om M c N ab The first eleven chapters of Flanagan’s Run… Tom McNab · 45 min read Vol. 12, No. 4 · 2008 Marathoners Are A Spoiled Lot The other day my running buddy, Paul Hopkins, sent me a link to a blog of an ultrarunner. In this posting, the author complained of the… Clark Gilbert · 12 min read Vol. 12, No. 4 · 2008 Marathons Back to Back? To many readers of Marathon & Beyond, this subject will most likely seem a non-issue; they run marathons at the drop of a hat, as a… Michael Schre · 10 min read Vol. 12, No. 4 · 2008 Running Journal I’ve been around the sport long enough to be familiar with the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, though returning to Michigan (where I grew up) to train with… Lori Stich · 21 min read Vol. 12, No. 4 · 2008 Editorial: Vol. 12, No. 4 (2008) Making the Rounds On March 2, the 30th annual Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon was held under what can be described only as ideal conditions: cool… Richard Benyo · 15 min read M&B Vol. 12, No. 3 · 2008 Luddite’S Guide To The Best Of The Running Web A Luddite’s Guide to the Best of the Running Web Facts, Figures, Advice, and Discussions About Running Are Just a Keystroke Away. by Duncan Larkin ”If… Duncan Lark · 14 min read Vol. 12, No. 3 · 2008 Deena Kastor Six weeks before she would run in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Women’s Marathon in Boston, Deena Kastor tuned up by winning the Gate River Run… Hal Higdon · 16 min read Vol. 12, No. 3 · 2008 Chasing Pheidippides From a physiologist’s perspective, fatigue is the inability to maintain or repeat a given level of muscle force production, resulting in an acute impairment of performance.… Jason R. Karp, Ph.D. · 7 min read Vol. 12, No. 3 · 2008 Editorial: Vol. 12, No. 3 (2008) When More Is Actually More A theory in long-distance running that was popular in the 1970s has reemerged as a mantra of successful world-class runners today:… Richard Benyo · 12 min read Vol. 12, No. 2 · 2008 Flanagan’s Run, Part 5 The first eight chapters of Flanagan’s Run were published in our last four issues. Chapter 9 INTO THE DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND 3:45 P.M., March 24, 1931. One… Tom McNab · 56 min read Vol. 12, No. 2 · 2008 Bipolar Madness The author snowshoeing his way to a 6:13:15 marathon at the 2006 North Pole Marathon. © Mike King / Polar Running Adventures My all-consuming love affair… Brent Weigner · 40 min read Vol. 12, No. 2 · 2008 Bunion Derby Fever In the last years of the 1920s, all things seemed possible: Charles Lindbergh made his solo flight across the Atlantic; the nation’s factories were turning out… Charles Kastner · 13 min read Vol. 12, No. 2 · 2008 “Aj.” Twietmeyer In November 2006, I snagged an invitation to the Runner’s World Heroes of Running ceremony in New York City. Nine running legends, including Frank Shorter, were… Ellison G. Weist · 12 min read M&B Vol. 12, No. 2 · 2008 Editorial: Vol. 12, No. 2 (2008) A Real-World Course—and Race Everyone at this late date knows the outcome of the U.S. men’s Olympic Marathon Trials in New York City’s Central Park over… Richard Benyo · 5 min read Vol. 12, No. 1 · 2008 Straight Eye For The Running Guy Istarted training for my first road race in April 1973, and I ran it at the end of September. That makes it about six months of… Bill Donnelly · 17 min read Vol. 12, No. 1 · 2008 The King’s Race and I It all started with an invitation. In almost two decades of marathon racing, I had never before received an invitation from a race director, so I… Jeff Horow · 17 min read Vol. 12, No. 1 · 2008 Crowds SPart 1 of 2 OUTH KOREA Countries that had contributed forces to the UN effort in the Korean War were invited to send a representative to… Jim Green · 25 min read
1 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 14
← Back to the full archive

Marathon Handbook was founded in 2016 and is run by an independent team of runners, coaches, and fitness enthusiasts.

Income disclosure: We are reader-supported and earn affiliate commissions when you buy via links on marathonhandbook.com

Privacy Policy

Terms and Conditions