The very idea of running a marathon in each of the 50 United States would grab just about anyone’s attention. But would it raise your eyebrow a bit if we told you Pennridge High School […]
Jimmy Carter was president, gas cost 70 cents a gallon and John Travolta was dancing up a storm on the stage of Saturday Night Fever. The year was 1978, the United States running boom was […]
There’s more to like about the city of Chicago than just the nightlife on Rush Street and the iconic skyline view from Lake Michigan. It’s this thing called the Chicago Marathon, one of the fastest, […]
When Newtown’s Christine Olszanski jumps into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii around 12 noon Thursday, she should be easy to spot among the thousands of female competitors in the 2022 World Ironman […]
Janet Lewis was working for a New York City-based company the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 but, as fortune would have it, happened to be at a branch office in suburban Westchester County when the […]
As if marathon running wasn’t enough, Steve Hallman decided he needed a change – and go even farther in the process. The Langhorne native, who recorded a brilliant time of 2:22 at the Berlin Marathon […]
For a country with such a proud history in track and field, the United States sure hasn’t done well when it comes to the Olympic men’s marathon. Americans have garnered just four medals since 1924 […]
When it came time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Frank Shorter’s amazing 1972 Munich Olympics marathon gold medal, several big events were dotting the calendar. There was a get-together in Boulder, Colorado […]
And then there were two. Only two women who stood at the starting line of the first Philadelphia Distance Run back in 1978 “remain standing.’’ That is, they’ve run every single one of these half-marathons […]
Now that’s what you call a successful comeback. After a forced two-year break due to the pandemic, the Bucks County Duathlon reinstated itself Sunday as one of the top multi-sport competitions in the area. Approximately […]
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