Marathon & Beyond Archive · Articles by
Rich Limacher
8 articles — Marathon & Beyond contributor. Wrote 5 pieces for the magazine, published in the digital archive at Marathon Handbook.
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Vol. 5, No. 2 · 2001
The Chicago Shuffle & Reshuffle
THE CHICAGO LAKEFRONT 50K GEORGE CHEUNG MEMORIAL RACE Istill have my bib number from the “dog” race. It’s handwritten in blue marker: “120.” The top line…
Vol. 19, No. 6 · 2015
Into the Maine Woods
Would you like to travel through time? Of course you would! So how about traveling back to 1981 and Chicago’s Lakefront to witness one of the…
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…
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Vol. 15, No. 5 · 2011
Not Quite Cooperstown
The best baseball players have Cooperstown, the best footballers have Canton, Ohio, and the best basketball players have Springfield, Massachusetts. So what do runners have—in particular,…
Vol. 14, No. 3 · 2010
Will The Real World Record For 50 Miles Please Stand?
“You’ve got to be small, light, [have] strong legs, good heart, good lungs, and no brain cells—[because] it’s a stupid thing to do.” —Bruce Fordyce (50-mile…
Vol. 13, No. 5 · 2009
Camp-Town Races Five Smiles Long
Here’s the thing: one of the principal differences between the “marathon” and the “beyond” (besides the distance) is the terrain. The vast majority of marathons happen…
Vol. 10, No. 5 · 2006
Far And Loafing In Lost Wages
We were somewhere strung out on the “Fremont Street Experience” when the Celebrex finally kicked in. I remember saying to some dude running next to me,…
Vol. 9, No. 1 · 2005
Boom Of Her Own
The Star, Sunday, December 28, 2003—It was arguably the biggest newspaper story ever to hit the far south suburbs. Right there, that day: a big spread…
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