Sunday’s Polar Bear 8-Miler in the middle of a gentle snowstorm at Tyler State Park would have been right up Fred Gropper’s alley. The Yardley runner always enjoyed a challenge, whether it was an all-out […]
If someone set out to visit places in all 50 states and all seven continents, that would be pretty crazy, right? So what if we told you Randy and Val Maugle not only dropped by […]
When a positive athletic streak of almost any kind reaches 142, it’s time to sit up and take notice. But when that skein involves hitting the age-group podium for sprint triathlons on 142 consecutive occasions, […]
Usually we schedule our Get Ready for Winter Running column for right around now, namely the first official day of the cold season which is coming up next Tuesday. But this year Mother Nature […]
For local runners early on Thanksgiving Day, there were three pressing questions: >How fast can I go today? >How much turkey can I eat this afternoon? >How did two races – one old, one new […]
The October, 2024 day Lisa Kuliczkowski was running in Tyler State Park, suffered a misstep and began to limp quite a bit, the last thing on her mind might have been competing in another marathon. […]
Maybe they should rename it the Philadelphia-Yardley Marathon. At least that’s what they could consider after a strong showing by the town in Bucks County at Sunday’s officially named, ahem, Philadelphia Marathon. There were at […]
Road races with more than a thousand people in them just don’t happen with the wave of a wand and a handful of organizers. Rather “it takes a village.” That’s the case with the Bucks […]
There’s something – or perhaps some-things – about the Philadelphia Marathon which area runners find attractive and keep them coming back for more. It’s not just the convenience of having a national-class competition right in […]
Any solo training session can produce a few “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner” moments, none more so than in the throes of the December through February timeframe. That’s when things get the most […]
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