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ESPN is marking the 40th anniversary of Title IX by unveiling the top 40 female athletes of the past 40 years. When Grete Waitz finished her first marathon in world-record time, she vowed it would be her last. But the Norwegian with the blond p...

ESPN is marking the 40th anniversary of Title IX by unveiling the top 40 female athletes of the past 40 years The next time you're struggling with a training run, think of Joan Benoit. In 1984, she won the U.S. Olympic marathon trials a mere 1...

What is the dumbest thing you did last week? For me that is an easy question. I let a friend I have never met in person talk me into running a 100-mile ultra-marathon three months from now. I have always been prone to making quick decisions and a...

After games on Sunday, March 11 The marathon that is the high school basketball season is winding to a close, as the state sectional champions were crowned this past weekend. Some brought little surprise, like when St. Anthony, the third-ranked...

After games on Sunday, Feb. 26. The Texas basketball playoffs are quite the marathon, making for salivating matchups and surprising upsets. This week could bring both. Marcus, the No. 5 team in the POWERADE FAB 50, appears poised to defend its ...

Have you ever wondered what the world record for the marathon was between 551 and 479 BC? Neither have we. Until we started writing this blog, we never even considered if there was competitive running so long ago. But there was at least one legen...

Legend has it that many years ago all of the Christmas characters gathered together on Dec. 24 to run a 5K. Santa Claus came up with the idea after reading an article in Runner's World about ultra-marathons. He believed that he was the greatest u...

Apparently it isn't all roadwork that makes 36-year-old Meb Keflezighi a contender to win his second New York City Marathon this Sunday. The 1993-94 Gatorade California Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year relies on a core-strengthening routine...

Eight Cincinnati-area high school football teams will clash in the 12-hour Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown marathon, Aug. 26.

San Pedro High (Calif.) wins a marathon softball game, and Josie Nelson throws a perfect postseason game.