Four of the 5 world marathon majors have already been contested this year, and all four of them have resulted in a men’s course record. The 5th major goes off Sunday, and Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia, one of the leading contenders in the New York City Marathon, believes another record could be going down. [...]
Not content to cover 26.2 miles in a neat loop, Patrick Makau of Kenya turned the Berlin Marathon into a personal conga line Sunday while setting a world record of 2 hours 3 minutes 38 seconds. Kenya’s Patrick Makau set a new world record for the marathon in Berlin Sunday as previous record holder [...]
The Boston Marathon takes place today and thousands of runners including Providence College graduate, Kim Smith, take the pavement for 26.2 miles The Boston Marathon is one of the premier distance races in the world. In terms of marathons still run today, the Boston Marathon is the oldest continually-run marathon. With over 100 years of [...]
Famous fundraisers and celebs tackle the London Marathon 2011. Emmanuel Mutai and Mary Keitany completed a Kenyan double as they won the men’s and women’s races at the London Marathon on Sunday. Emmanuel Mutai raced to a London record of 2 hours 4 minutes and 39 seconds, while Mary Keitany won in 2:19.17, the 4th [...]
The 2011 registration date falls on the anniversary of the American flag raisings during the Battle of Iwo Jima. According to the Marine Corps History Division at Marine Corps University, the American flag was raised 66 years ago on Mount Suribachi on Febuary 3, 1945, while the battle ensued. As a larger American flag was [...]
Kathleen Castles, a 39-year-old runner from New Providence, N.J., became the first woman to finish as the overall winner of the Myrtle Beach Marathon. She also broke the women’s course record, finishing in 2 hours, 40 minutes and 11 seconds. And with that, she qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. A 39-year-old from [...]