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Vol. 17, No. 4 · 2013 The 10 Most Important Marathons in History Humans have been running, if not racing, long distances probably since before the beginning of recorded time. But more often this was for survival rather than… Hal Higdon · 11 min read Vol. 17, No. 2 · 2013 Boston Femme “M arathons may be conducted with the approval of the National Chairman.” With that single line on page 80 of the 1971-1972 Addendum to the Amateur… Paul Clerici · 14 min read Vol. 17, No. 1 · 2013 When The Phoenix Arises Six months after she won the Boston Marathon masters title and had her name literally etched in stone in its Centennial Monument alongside the likes of… Paul Clerici · 28 min read Vol. 17, No. 1 · 2013 The Rise Of Aims Most forms of sport are contested in a tightly controlled field of play: soccer, football, tennis, wrestling, track and field, basketball. Baseball is a hybrid: a… Richard Benyo · 9 min read Vol. 16, No. 6 · 2012 My Most Unforgettable Marathon (Vol. 16, No. 6) “I would rather be at the starting line of Boston than the finish line of any other marathon.”—Anonymous BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Monday, April 19, 2010— Today is… Gideon Oswitch · 13 min read Vol. 16, No. 3 · 2012 States The Family Way There is a certain nostalgic sense of romance whenever someone says he wants to travel the country: meeting real, down-to-earth people, experiencing great natural occurrences, feeling… Paul Clerici · 30 min read Vol. 16, No. 2 · 2012 The London Marathon From Inside The London Marathon was the brainchild of Chris Brasher, who won a gold medal in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics steeplechase and was one of the pace… Dave Fereday · 20 min read Vol. 16, No. 2 · 2012 Evolution Of The Boston Marathon Press Conference Nestled inside the opulent and gilded Oval Room of the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel two days before the 2011 Boston Marathon, the defending champions found themselves… Paul Clerici · 27 min read Vol. 16, No. 1 · 2012 The Belle Watlings Belle Watling (bel wat’ lun) proper noun. 1: Character from the book Gone With the Wind, Belle was the red-haired madam of an Atlanta brothel, a… Bill Donnelly · 18 min read Vol. 16, No. 1 · 2012 The Women’S Marathon Movement Jacqueline, with Dr. Ernst van Aaken, one of the strongest advocates of women's running, in Waldniel, West Germany in 1974.Jacqueline won the 1973 Boston Marathon in… Jacqueline Hansen · 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 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 M&B Vol. 15, No. 3 · 2011 Seeyou…At Citgo The famous Citgo sign that unofficially marks the one-mile-to-go point of the Boston Marathon has greeted the countless almost-there striving finishers of the world’s greatest footrace.… Manoj Massand And Geoffrey Owers · 10 min read Vol. 15, No. 3 · 2011 Fred’s Final Lap A dream come true: Fred Lebow (running his only five-borough New York City Marathon) finishes “his” race with Grete Waitz in 1992. ▲ Fred Lebow and… Allan Steinfeld · 24 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. 2 · 2011 Behind The Scenes At The Boston Marathon It’s always one of the greatest sights in marathoning—the front row of the starting line. Stretched across the start at any major-city marathon are some of… Paul Clerici · 22 min read Vol. 15, No. 1 · 2011 Carey Pinkowski, Race Director Extraordinaire A heart-to-heart conversation with the man who steered the Bank of America Chicago Marathon to world-class status—and beyond. DA: I read a story of when you… Don Allison · 15 min read Vol. 14, No. 5 · 2010 Shalane Flanagan: The Runners’ Daughter On November 7, 2010, Shalane Flanagan will line up at the foot of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in Staten Island for her first attempt at a marathon.… Tito Morales · 44 min read Vol. 14, No. 3 · 2010 The Ted Corbitt Legacy When Ted Corbitt died on December 12, 2007, he left behind not only a legacy of distance running, course-certification standards, and pioneering techniques in physical therapy,… Gail Kislevitz · 21 min read Vol. 14, No. 2 · 2010 Dog Days at Boston "We seem to be living in dog days. From cyberspace to pet superstores, pop culture to haute couture, our love affair with the dog has reached… D. Chris Risker · 6 min read Vol. 14, No. 2 · 2010 How The Boston Marathon Got Me Out Of A Traffic Ticket Michael Hughes Michael Hughes“Well, I usually don’t go this route. Usually I go down 880 and get off on the Alameda.” “Ah, the old unfamiliar-with-the-street excuse.… Kirk Flatow · 2 min read Vol. 14, No. 1 · 2010 How to Better Televise a Marathon Ithink it was right about the time that Olympic gold medalist Sammy Wanjiru was bursting through the tunnel leading into the Bird’s Nest that I was… Tito Morales · 17 min read
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