All things being equal, like injuries, illness, and travel visas, 13 men with marathon personal bests under 2:06 will line up in Hopkinton, Massachusetts on April 17th… Read more “ADDING UP BOSTON 2023”
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THE GOAT ANNOUNCED FOR BOSTON
So, it’s finally happening. The marathon GOAT, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, is coming to Boston for Patriots Day 2023. Today (1 Dec. 2022), the BAA and Kipchoge… Read more “THE GOAT ANNOUNCED FOR BOSTON”
Boston Women To Celebrate In Style in 2022
How militant will the pace be? Boston 2022 celebrates the 50th anniversary of women being officially accepted into the grand old race. And what a half-century it’s… Read more “Boston Women To Celebrate In Style in 2022”
BOSTON 2022 PROMISES TO BE EPIC
We don’t want to go out too hard here, but as we enter Boston Marathon week 2022, there is an almost giddy anticipation for the 126th running… Read more “BOSTON 2022 PROMISES TO BE EPIC”
G-L-O-R-I-A
The women pioneers of the Boston Marathon and running movement are legion. Their names ring out: Bobbi Gibb, Kathrine Switzer, Sara Mae Berman, Micki Gorman, and many… Read more “G-L-O-R-I-A”
MARATHONING 2020
Lots of news coming out of Valencia, Spain yesterday with a new world record in the men’s half marathon, 57:32 by Kenya’s Kibiwott Kandie, and four men… Read more “MARATHONING 2020”
SELECTING OUR NEXT COACH IN THE TIME OF COVID
Nature is apolitical, caring not a whit which party assumes office on January 20, 2021. But that’s not to say Nature isn’t involved in Tuesday’s coming competition at… Read more “SELECTING OUR NEXT COACH IN THE TIME OF COVID”
BOSTON MARATHON 2020 VIRTUAL FINISH
Today completes the week-long Virtual Boston Marathon 2020. The Runner’s Digest reflects on its meaning.
LORE OF THE BOSTON MARATHON HILLS
As we continue with the week-long Virtual Boston Marathon 2020, we return to the dusty bins of the Runners Digest Radio show archives. Today, we dig up… Read more “LORE OF THE BOSTON MARATHON HILLS”
IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL?
During the running boom years of the 1970s, when thousands more runners began to qualify for the Boston Marathon and the crowds along the roads thickened with… Read more “IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL?”
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