Don’T Exercise—Train!

WOMEN Silvia Ruegger Jacqueline Gareau Odette Lapierre Carole Rouillard Lizanne Bussiéres Ellen Rochefort Danuta Bartoszek May Allison Anne Marie Malone Macrow Linda Staudt 4 Silvia Ruegger’s passion is “Run & Read,” a program for underprivileged children, but she pitches in as needed, for example, helping to found the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Informed marathon watchers … Read more

The History Of The Marathon In Canada

Eat as much food as you can at aid stations. Salt pills are also a great idea. I took two pills every 10 miles. I’m not sure whether they helped, but I didn’t seem to get stomach problems. Start slowly. I was in 136th place after 10 miles and moved up each lap to finish … Read more

You Want to Put On a Marathon—Where?

Max Skorodinsky didn’t stop running after one class. She returned the next term, entering a 5K race and then a 10K. A year after her shaky start, Max decided without any prodding from her teacher that she would run the Portland Marathon. She plotted her own training. I saw her only a few times that … Read more

Thirty Phone Booths to Boston, Part 2

Marathon (vol. 6, issue 6), 937 points; Boulder Backroads Marathon (vol. 7, issue 4), 886 points; Calgary Marathon (vol.3, issue 2),876 points; Cape Cod Marathon (vol. 7, issue 5), 863 points; Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon (vol. 3, issue 6),901 points; City of Los Angeles Marathon (vol. 8, issue 1), 788 points; Columbus Marathon (vol. 8, … Read more

My Most Unforgettable Marathon: March/April 2005

[…] in the form of her long runs. Her long runs were in the 15- to 18-mile range leading up to her marathons. Frank Shorter, the 1972 Olympic marathon champion, ran his long runs in the 20-mile range. He says that he ran the first half of these relatively slowly (at about 6:27 per mile) … Read more

Outrunning The Sound Of The Doodlebug

TABLE TWELVE Ages 65-69: Male and Female Average Times for Places 1-3 TABLE THIRTEEN Ages 70-74: Male and Female Average Times for Places 1-3 TABLE FOURTEEN Ages 75-79: Male and Female Average Times for Places 1-3 Class M1 M2 M3 F1 F2 F3 Medium 4:42 5:00 6:56 5 = = TABLE FIFTEEN Age 80+: Male … Read more

Marathon Age-Group Awards

What It Takes to Make the Grade. id you ever wonder how fast you would have to run to be one of those select few who bring home a trophy at the end of a marathon? With an analysis of 16 marathons, we were able to get some idea of the answer. The marathons were … Read more

The Long Roadto Napa

[…] maintained my weight since college, and since I’m pushing 40, I’m thrilled that Ican still wear jeans from 20 years ago. Running gives me control over my life. I control my mileage, my training regimen, and the races I run. I’ve always believed I can deal with injury. I’ve had shin splints and plantar … Read more

Running to Live

An Injury Can Be a Near-Mortal Blow to a Life Lived To Run. ne of the best T-shirts that I’ve ever seen had “I Run To Live” on the front in orange letters. That’s me! I run to live! Running is what makes me feel alive. On the mornings when I want to turn around … Read more

Run to Salvation

weekend of March 14-15, 1981, when Patti won the River Run 15K in an AR 49:33 in Jacksonville, Florida, and then a WR victory the very next day in Boston at the Shamrock Classic 5-Miler (25:48). “There’s Kathrine Switzer, Bobbi Gibb, Jacqueline Hansen, and Nina Kuscsik—the list goes on and on—Mikki Gorman—but Patti really went … Read more