On the Mark DepartmentMay 19994 min FIRSTMARATHON.A young woman in the office where I work says she plans to run a marathon within the next year. She’s been running for…
My Most Unforgettable Gayle BarronDepartmentSeptember 199813 min Ny Most Unforgettable ‘Marathon (And What | Learned From It) COURTESY OF GAYLE BARRON Gayle Barron, shown here in 1978 immediately after breaking…
On the Mark DepartmentSeptember 19984 min FREE FATTY ACIDUSE. I’ve been told that on long runs and during marathons, [should use water for the first 90 to 120 minutes to…
Letters to the Editor DepartmentMarch 19982 min ey eas elit We have weighed various aspects of a marathon within a 1,000-point scoring grid. Besides the author of the article, a…
The Great Six-Day Races Ed DoddFeatureJanuary 199818 min What I Learned… USE A VARIETY OF SOURCES TO PREPARE YOURSELF While | believed that | had covered all the bases in…
The Art of the Taper Mark ConoverFeatureJuly 19978 min The Art of Tapering With the Hard Training Behind You, the Last Few Weeks Offer Opportunities to Peak Mentally By MARK…
On the Road with ColumnJuly 1997102 min On THE Road WITH Kathrine Switzer THE MIRACLE OF THE UNLIKELY WASHINGTON, D.C., April— Twenty-five years ago this spring, I came down from…
My Most Unforgettable Rich HannaDepartmentMay 199719 min My Most Unforgettable Ultramarathon … And What | Learned From It By RICH HANNA In the early miles of the World Challenge 100K…
One Step Beyond Timothy MartinFeatureJanuary 199718 min . One Step Beyond SEE STRESSES SRD ALESIS CELEB TE TERNAL GES TA AO ETE When It Comes to Running Really Long, Be…
Analgesics: Cure or Curse? Robert Johnson, MdFeatureJanuary 199711 min Many Distance Runners Use Analgesics Indiscriminately. The Consequences Could Be the Ultimate Overuse Injury Los DISTANCE running is associated with pain—the…
Marathon 101 Richard BenyoFeatureJanuary 199721 min How Baron Pierre de Coubertin, Michel Breal, and Spiridon Loues Conspired to Create One of the World’s Toughest—And Most Enduring—Events T HE FIRST modern…
