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To lend a hand for a day was the least we could do. What a great outcome it would be if we made service a permanent part of the NYC Marathon's weeklong schedule.

Adena Andrews wants to thank Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYRR president Mary Wittenberg for ultimately making the right call to cancel the NYC Marathon. Why? Because, right now, the city has to take care of its own before it plays host.

Some NYC Marathon entrants think it's even more important to run this year. Some can't bring themselves to take part. Bonnie D. Ford shares two representative stories.

When Nina Kuscsik began her competitive running career she was an outsider, but after 80 marathons and countless hours advocating for women in her sport, she will be inducted into the New York Road Runners Hall of Fame.

The elite Americans at the forefront of this year's New York City Marathon women's field -- Julie Culley, Amy Hastings and Molly Pritz -- represent a new group charging into the next four-year Olympic cycle.

This week was shaping up as a time of relaxed focus for 2012 track Olympian and New Jersey native Julie Culley, who is slated to make her marathon debut Sunday in New York City. She's been training in northern Virginia and had planned to arrive late ...

Kenya's Mary Keitany, who ran 2:19:19 to win the London Marathon in April, is the prohibitive favorite to win Sunday's New York City Marathon.

The CEO of the New York Road Runners talks about being in charge of the NYC Marathon as part of our Power Players series on women in sports business.

Jennie Finch may have retired from the softball, but she's not done being an athlete. Finch is running the NYC Marathon on Sunday to raise money for youth running programs.

The Olympic softball pitcher laces up to benefit the New York Road Runners' youth programs.

The former World Cup open-water champion bested a field of 34 other competitors -- male and female -- to win the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim on Saturday.

This weekend, 35 swimmers will brave the waters around New York City in the annual Manhattan Island Marathon swim. It will take nearly seven hours. Can a woman come out on top?