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    The Price of Purity: Why Doping Is an Economic Crisis, Not Just a Moral One

    In Kenya’s Western Highlands around the towns of Eldoret and Iten, young runners chase dreams of glory around dusty tracks and along rutted red-clay roads, often matching… Read more “The Price of Purity: Why Doping Is an Economic Crisis, Not Just a Moral One”

    October 24, 2025October 27, 2025 by Toni Reavis

    A DIFFICULT RACE IN A DIFFICULT TIME: CHICAGO 2025

    This weekend, 55,000 brave souls will line up in Grant Park for the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, one of the original Abbott World Marathon Majors.… Read more “A DIFFICULT RACE IN A DIFFICULT TIME: CHICAGO 2025”

    October 9, 2025October 9, 2025 by Toni Reavis

    FROM BOSTON’S HILLS TO LONDON’S FLAT: SOLO BREAKAWAYS DEFINE SPRING MEN’S MAJORS

    It’s been an electrifying week in the sport of marathon running. First, the 129th Boston Marathon was on Monday, then the 45th TCS London Marathon six days… Read more “FROM BOSTON’S HILLS TO LONDON’S FLAT: SOLO BREAKAWAYS DEFINE SPRING MEN’S MAJORS”

    April 27, 2025April 27, 2025 by Toni Reavis

    BROTHERHOOD ON BOYLSTON: JOHN KORIR LOOKS TO EMULATE WESLEY AS BOSTON MARATHON CHAMPION

    There have been many historic firsts in the long history of the Boston Marathon. This coming Monday, 21 April, 2025, 28-year-old John Korir of Kitale, Kenya, will attempt to… Read more “BROTHERHOOD ON BOYLSTON: JOHN KORIR LOOKS TO EMULATE WESLEY AS BOSTON MARATHON CHAMPION”

    April 18, 2025April 19, 2025 by Toni Reavis

    SUB-2:10s – 2024

    With the congregation of the original five World Marathon Majors in 2006, the sport of marathon running entered a new professional era. The $1 million on offer… Read more “SUB-2:10s – 2024”

    December 2, 2024December 12, 2024 by Toni Reavis

    EXPANDING ACCOUNTABILITY IN CONTROLLING PEDs

    ADDENDUM: 17 July 2025 Today, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) provisionally suspended marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich due to a doping violation. Ms. Chepngetich tested positive… Read more “EXPANDING ACCOUNTABILITY IN CONTROLLING PEDs”

    October 25, 2024July 17, 2025 by Toni Reavis

    CHICAGO MARATHON 2023 BY THE NUMBERS

    Kenya’s 23-year-old Kelvin Kiptum announced his arrival as the new king of the marathon today with his 2:00:35 world record at the 45th BofA Chicago Marathon. The… Read more “CHICAGO MARATHON 2023 BY THE NUMBERS”

    October 8, 2023October 9, 2023 by Toni Reavis

    PRE-BOSTON 2023 – A HISTORY LESSON

    Coming into the 1996 Boston Marathon, history draped the centennial of the grand race like the bunting atop the finish line structure. That Patriot’s Day, a record… Read more “PRE-BOSTON 2023 – A HISTORY LESSON”

    April 15, 2023April 16, 2023 by Toni Reavis

    KIPCHOGE’S BOSTON DILEMMA

    With marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge making his Boston Marathon debut next Monday, the anticipation for the 127th edition of the grand old race has rarely… Read more “KIPCHOGE’S BOSTON DILEMMA”

    April 13, 2023April 15, 2023 by Toni Reavis

    2023 LOS ANGELES MARATHON REVIEW

    Los Angeles, CA – Ethiopia’s Jemal Yimer and Kenya’s Stacey Ndiwa came to Southern California with one goal in mind: to kick-start their marathon careers by winning… Read more “2023 LOS ANGELES MARATHON REVIEW”

    March 20, 2023March 21, 2023 by Toni Reavis

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