Boston marathoners can expect their bodies to take quite a beating. — -- The 35,000 runners who line up for today’s Boston Marathon can expect their bodies to take quite a beating from the ...

Running 26.2 miles is one of the most demanding physical challenges you can take on. Beyond the mental toughness and months ...

A marathon is a 26.2 mile (or 42 km) race that’s usually run along roads or walkways, but may also go through busy cities, along popular beach trails or over hilly or mountainous terrain. Every year, ...

If training to run 26.2 miles wasn’t enough, another semester of college adds to the pressure student marathon-runners face.

If you have mastered the 5k and 10k distances – and enjoyed the process of doing so – your natural next step might be tackling the half marathon (exciting!). However, while the distance (21.1k) is ...

Running a marathon is an intense challenge. Finding the best marathons for beginners, where you can also vacation before and ...

Research tends to show duration and intensity of exercise improve aerobic capacity and muscular endurance, which can translate to time spent on your feet, not just mileage. For example, a 40-minute ...

Kenyan distance runner Ruth Chepngetich completed the Chicago Marathon in 2:09:56 on Sunday, smashing the women’s full marathon world record. Chepngetich became the first woman to ever run under 2:10 ...

The Monterey Bay Half Marathon gets underway at 7 a.m. Sunday on Del Monte Avenue in downtown Monterey. For more information, ...

The 35th annual Carlsbad Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K is returning on Jan. 19, 2025, and is expected to draw more than 7,000 participants from around the nation. Over 1,500 of these participants will ...

Athens will host the 42nd Authentic Marathon, running from Marathon to the Panathenaic Stadium with thousands of runners and ...