Running hasn't changed
much since the ancient times, except that we typically don't engage in
it to chase down dinner. On one level, all it really requires are
shoes, shorts, a shirt and 30 minutes of free time. But, in our midst,
...
Despite placing fifth in a PR of 2:30:50 at the 2004 Olympic
Trials, Magdalena Lewy-Boulet has been flying under the radar this
year. She has run just two marathons in the past four years, qualifying
in New York City in 2006 with a time of 2:42:38....
Many athletes at the Olympic
Games this summer will undoubtedly have overcome numerous obstacles to
represent their country in Beijing. But only one has been forced to
...
The Bryant Park Project, April 9, 2008 · Six Maasai warriors have left their village in Tanzania for the first
time in their lives. On Sunday, they will be among 30,000 people
running the London Marathon. The Maasai aren't running for glory, ...
For a top-rate salary of US$1,000 a month, Kenyan and other African athletes
are being shopped around the world's wealthiest track and field nations in a
market that one leading administrator said yesterday was “like trading
slaves”....
It defies the mores of modern marathon running, but the sport's fate may lie
in the hands of a rookie American, who trains in snowdrifts and went to a
school lacking an athletics team. Ryan Hall aims to “move a million miles”
and a metap...
Though Lisbet Sunshine came to marathon running relatively late
in life, she's now one of the most experienced athletes in the Olympic
Trials field. The 44-year-old mother will be competing in her fourth
Olympic Trials after qualifying with a 2:44:1...
