“Birkie Fever” is a phrase describing the passion many competitors have for the annual American Birkebeiner, a marathon cross-country ski race from Cable to Hayward that started in 1973. It’s also ...

At the start line of the Chicago Marathon, the race’s fabled history hung over the heads of the athletes preparing to take on the 26.2-mile course. For a select few, the flat landscape through the ...

Conveyed as an epic poem, this new account of the origin of the marathon consigns other versions to history’s landfill The story of the Athenian messenger Pheidippides, whose remarkable running ...

On Monday, professional and amateur athletes will race from Hopkinton to Boylston Street for the 129th edition of the historic Boston Marathon. Approximately 30,000 people will cover the 26.2 miles, ...