Marathon News

John Crews became the first U.S.-born man to win the Philadelphia Marathon since 2000, racing to victory by more than six minutes on Sunday.

Zac Freudenburg is shown racing with his 10-month-old son at an event earlier this year.

A DEAL to finalise next year's Plymouth Half Marathon is close to being signed, organisers have told The Herald.

November 20, 2009: LOS ANGELES, Calif.-- Whether you're a seasoned athlete or an everyday Joe, the season from Thanksgiving through New Year's can wreak havoc on the waistline -- and more.

The Marine Corps Marathon has announced the recipients of the annual Healthy School Award, presented to the three schools with the most student participants in the Healthy Kids Fun Run.

Thousands of runners are set to take to the historic streets of Philadelphia Sunday for the 16th annual marathon.

Move over, Kermit the Frog. Next Thursday's 83rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City will not only feature the famous Sesame Street balloon of the precocious frog, but the first American to win the ING New York City Marathon in 27 years, Meb Keflezighi.

November 20, 2009 -- The Competitor Group announced today that it will expand the presence of its Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series in Southern California through an agreement with Grove of Hope to operate and manage an annual fall half marathon in Los Angeles.

OBESITY begone! Americans are lacing up athletic shoes and signing up to run in '5Ks', 10-milers and even marathons in record numbers.

San Francisco hosts nearly a dozen organized marathons, half-marathons, triathlons and walk/run events per year.

Ugandan track queen Dorcus Inzikuru will make a comeback to the roads of Kampala to reclaim the MTN Kampala International Marathon women's 10km title she won in 2004.

ORLANDO, Fla. a ' Even though studies have found that marathoners can experience changes in heart structure and function consistent with cardiac damage, the runners arena TMt necessarily having small heart attacks, a new investigation has found.

The Boston Marathon has a century of tradition. New York's has the wide streets.

A total of 30,000 people participated in the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C. on Oct.

The Ugandan Police Anti Terrorism Unit will be on guard against terrorism threats at the forthcoming MTN Kampala International Marathon slated for Nov.

Orville Rogers can make it twice around Coppell High School's track in a little over four minutes.

RUNNERS are needed to take part in both the 2010 London Marathon and the Reading Half Marathon in aid of Naomi House childrena s hospice in Sutton Scotney.

The first L.A. County Half Marathon, which will wind through Pomona, La Verne and San Dimas on Dec.

Derek McGinnis proudly points to a display of running bibs hung on the wall of his garage.

Geno Phillips of Chattanooga won the Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon held at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Saturday Nov.