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Vol. 19, No. 1 · 2015 The Third Olympian Editor’s note: During the 1970s, the United States dominated the marathon, especially when it came to international competition. During that era, the Fukuoka Marathon in Japan… Hal Higdon · 32 min read Vol. 18, No. 6 · 2014 Distance Learning And the Ultra Life To most of the nonrunning world the idea of running any distance becomes more outrageous the longer the distance. Even to runners, the marathon distance has… Walter Fowler · 17 min read Vol. 18, No. 6 · 2014 My Awkward Moment Of Glory In Maine, like many other states, the Olympic marathon is a worthy aspiration. But here in my home state, it is the female Olympic marathon runner… Zoe Romano · 9 min read Vol. 18, No. 6 · 2014 Got To Do It Every Day You’ve seen the videos, maybe on your local TV news. Maybe you’ve seen them on YouTube, the ones where someone constructed an unbelievably elaborate arrangement of… Richard Englehart · 18 min read M&B Vol. 18, No. 6 · 2014 Pick And Run A Marathon For the majority of marathoners, especially nonprofessionals, choosing a 26.2-miler can boil down to something as simple as a favorite city, a low entrance fee, a… Paul Clerici · 15 min read Vol. 18, No. 6 · 2014 How I Became Gary Fanelli, Part 4 Since I was 17, I had that feeling, an intuitive feeling, the dream of competing in the Olympic Games. But more than a decade of training… Gary Fanelli · 23 min read Vol. 18, No. 5 · 2014 The Spy Who Ran In From the Cold The very last place you would ever expect to find a Cold War-type spy story— complete with clandestine operations, political intrigue, sworn secrecies, flying under the… Rich Limacher · 39 min read Vol. 18, No. 5 · 2014 Look Back In Wonder Can it really be 10 years since Deena Kastor’s and Meb Keflezighi’s historic runs at the 2004 Olympic Games? Thank goodness for the miracle of YouTube… Tito Morales · 22 min read Vol. 18, No. 5 · 2014 The Women’S Marathon How has it changed in the 30 years since its debut as an Olympic event? BY HOLLY ORTLUND, MS, AND DAVID MARTIN, PhD When the women’s… Holly Ortlund And David Martin · 11 min read M&B Vol. 18, No. 5 · 2014 How I Became Gary Fanelli, Part 3 Since childhood, I’d dreamed of competing in the Olympic Games. But I seemed to be taking a roundabout way of getting there, turning into something of… Gary Fanelli · 16 min read Vol. 18, No. 4 · 2014 How I Became Gary Fanelli, Part 2 As a young lad, I developed the dream of someday running in the Olympic Games after I watched the Mexico City Olympics on TV when I… Gary Fanelli · 21 min read Vol. 18, No. 4 · 2014 The Hard Way Historically, Englishmen have enjoyed a reputation of epitomizing what it is to be a gentleman, and the English in general (apart from a few exceptions) have… Helen Summer · 13 min read Vol. 18, No. 4 · 2014 George Littlewood It’s called multiday racing today. However, 150 years ago it was called long-distance pedestrianism, and the man who inspired the blue-ribbon event in the sport, the… Paul S. Marshall · 10 min read Vol. 18, No. 3 · 2014 Going Far, Part 11 Going Far Heat or cold, rain or snow, the run must go on. Part 11. BY JOE HENDERSON 46. The heat BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, April 1976. The… Joe Henderson · 23 min read M&B Vol. 18, No. 3 · 2014 First And Last Miles Every elite runner has certain physical and mental benchmarks, checkpoints, and strategic goals that can add up to a successful race. On paper, it always works.… Paul Clerici · 19 min read Vol. 18, No. 3 · 2014 Wonders Down Under: Adrienne Beames And Derek Clayton In July 1969, a man walked on the moon. Our world would never be the same. The modern age of marathon running was launched at that… Roger Robinson · 28 min read M&B Vol. 18, No. 3 · 2014 How I Became Gary Fanelli, Part 1 This is my attempt to tell the somewhat outlandish story of how I got to run in the 1988 Olympic marathon, thus fulfilling a 20-year dream.… Gary Fanelli · 16 min read Vol. 18, No. 2 · 2014 Pregnancy And Beyond When I found out I was pregnant in the fall of 2009, I was coming off a promising 11th-place finish at the 2008 Olympic Trials Marathon… Kasie Enman · 15 min read Vol. 18, No. 1 · 2014 Moscow 2013 There are very few sports that you can both participate in as an athlete and cover as a journalist at the elite level. NFL reporters don’t… M. Nicole Nazzaro · 19 min read Vol. 17, No. 6 · 2013 The Death Of Jim Fixx “Running has not yet been shown to make people live longer.” —James F. Fixx, The Complete Book of Running During the summer of 1984, while lunching… Hal Higdon · 39 min read Vol. 17, No. 6 · 2013 Start, Turn, Finish The scene in the predawn dark before the Zoom! Yah! Yah! Marathon is simultaneously perfectly normal and completely surreal. It’s 6:00 a.m. on the first Sunday… Dallas Crow · 16 min read Vol. 17, No. 6 · 2013 Training For The Long Haul Runners know that no important goal comes without hard work. We like hard work—thrive on it, in fact. But we can also be amazingly shortsighted. Somehow,… Richard A. Lovett · 14 min read Vol. 17, No. 5 · 2013 Going Far, Part 7 Going Far An opportunity for the perfect marathon. Part 7. BY JOE HENDERSON W26. The Avenue EOTT, CALIFORNIA, May 1972. Runners chase the perfect marathon while… Joe Henderson · 22 min read Vol. 17, No. 5 · 2013 My Most Unforgettable Year Of Marathon Running HERE, THERE, & EVERYWHERE, 1989—Few runners can run one mile under 5:20, let alone string together 26 of them. This is what it takes to run… Doug Kurtis · 26 min read
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