To Run My Best Marathon at Age 44, I Had to Outrun My Past
After 20 years of long-distance competition, I ran my fastest. All it took was tech, training, and a new understanding of my life.
After 20 years of long-distance competition, I ran my fastest. All it took was tech, training, and a new understanding of my life.
Nicholas Thompson Wired Apr 2020 30min Permalink
Can the king of ultrarunning conquer a race as short as the marathon?
Joseph Bien-Kahn New York Times Magazine Feb 2020 30min Permalink
Can a December marathon in Northern Maine, organized by an eccentric long-distance runner, make a difference to a former mill town?
Kathryn Miles Down East Nov 2016 20min Permalink
The neck-and-neck race that electrified the 1982 Boston Marathon.
John Brant Runner's World Apr 2004 30min Permalink
Maine adopted Kenyan runner Moninda Marube as a symbol of human trafficking’s invisible casualties. But a close look at his case raises hard questions — and illustrates the challenge of investigating and prosecuting trafficking crimes.
Kathryn Miles Down East Jun 2018 25min Permalink
Two very different fates at the Chicago Marathon.
David Fleming ESPN Oct 2013 30min Permalink
A profile of 101-year-old marathoner Fauja Singh.
Jordan Conn ESPN Feb 2013 15min Permalink
Captain Iván Castro, who lost his vision in Iraq, runs the Boston Marathon.
Brandon Sneed ESPN Oct 2012 20min Permalink
On champ-turned-coach Alberto Salazar and the New York City Marathon.
Jennifer Kahn New Yorker Nov 2010 20min Permalink
He rose from poverty to fame as a marathon champion at only 23. But was his fall from a balcony outside of Nairobi murder, accident, or suicide?
Anna Clark Grantland Oct 2011 15min Permalink
A jogging buddy collapses during a marathon, his heart suddenly finished beating. The writer goes looking for answers.
Joshua Davis Men's Health Aug 2007 Permalink