Marathon & Beyond, Volume 12, Number 2 — March/April 2008. 13 articles from this issue, recovered from the original PDF and digitized for the Marathon Handbook archive.
Flanagan’s Run, Part 5 Tom McNabFeature200852 min SPECIAL BOOK BONUS The Mohave Shows No Mercy to the Desperate Trans-America Runners. Part 5. The first eight chapters of Flanagan’s Run were…
My Most Unforgettable Marathon (Vol. 12, No. 2) Drew WFeature200818 min High school and collegiate runners are masters at abusing their bodies. Guys who compete seriously between the ages of…
The Wisdom Of Age Stephen PaskeFeature20087 min Why Older Runners Hold Up Better. ordon Terwilliger, Len Goldman, Dan Conway, and Joe Burgasser are all masters runners with something in common….
Bipolar Madness Brent WeFeature200837 min trip to the Arctic or Antarctic. Just one more fix for this running junkie and then I will be OK—at least for a while, anyway….
Stepping Up Tolonger Distances Stephen PrudhommeFeature200812 min A First war, then love. The author (center) celebrates with fellow runners after the race. Many times during the years that followed I…
Crowds Jim GreenFeature20087 min […] affair. It noted that a better-organized event would be “entirely feasible” given the interest generated “by the Pyle cross-country race.’”* BACK TO THE The shorter…
Bunion Derby Fever Charles KastnerFeature20086 min EDDIE “THE SHEIK” GARDNER OF SEATTLE Eddie Gardner was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1898, more than 30 years after the end of the…
East Versus West Mountain Running Dennis FisherFeature20089 min Is Altitude in Western Races the Defining Element That Makes Them a Unique Challenge? ot many things intimidate Ben Nephew. A respected…
Endurance Training For the Mind Stacey FarbFeature200811 min There Are Tried-and-True Methods You Can Use to Finish Well. ut there in the distance, somewhere far, far away, is the line…
Making Of Amarathon Denise DillonFeature20088 min The night passes—3:00 a.o., 4:00 a.M., 5:00 A.M. Casualties continue to stumble in. In the context of a race, it is a scene with…
Confessions Of An Ultramarathon Skeptic Jason FrFeature200816 min Are They Truly Athletes? Or Are They Just Crazies? “You look into their eyes and see the soul separating from the body.”…
