Yankees baseball and the South Bronx pair together like peanut butter and jelly. Distance running and the area on the other hand? Hardly synonymous. However, thanks to two action-oriented history buffs and some open-minded Bronxites, taking the 2, 4 or 5 train to 149th St. - Grand Concourse to meet at Frank Sigel Park for a run is far from [...]
If you look at George Etzweiler's most recent accomplishment, you might assume there isn't a mountain he can't scurry up. Yes, even at 98 years old. The retired engineering professor from State College, PA finished the Mount Washington Road Race for the 13th time on Saturday, reaching the summit in 4 hours, 4 minutes and 48 seconds, a full minute [...]
When most people decide to run seven marathons in seven days or 30 marathons in a month, they usually take time off from work. Not 36-year-old Harold Allen, a Georgia man who works a minimum wage job as a surgical orderly. The hardworking father of four daughters skimped on sleep in order to run 31 marathons in 31 days to [...]
It would be fair to say running saved Noah Moore’s life. But if you’re going to say that, then you would really have to say it was his son Peyton who did the saving. “When Peyton was born, I was 270 pounds. When he was 2, I was chasing him around and I couldn’t keep up with him,” Moore says. [...]
Chip Gaines knows all about the challenges in home improvement, but when the co-host of HGTV's Fixer Upper decided to take on his first marathon, he quickly learned how humbling a 26.2-mile test on foot can be. Gaines not only completed the inaugural Silo District Marathon on Sunday in Waco, Texas in 5 hours, 21 minutes and 54 seconds, but [...]
Irene Obera may be 84, but she runs and jumps like someone decades younger. Need proof? She still runs the 100-meter dash in about 18 seconds and clocks 40 seconds in the 200-meter hurdle. And, she's been reeling in world records for 40 years. “I don’t think about age, like most people do. I’d run against a 5-year-old or a [...]
Most dedicated distance runners have heard "run, Forest, run" shouted at them from hecklers who are usually in cars. The quintessential movie phrase gets thrown around all the time, but when Rob Pope hears it, it means so much more. After all, he's the "real-life Forrest Gump," and has run across the United States four times since 2016 (he's also [...]
All kinds of history was made Monday during the 122nd Boston Marathon. Among the record-breakers and head-turners was 85-year-old Katherine Beiers, who ran the 26.2-mile course in 7 hours and 50 minutes, and in the process, became the oldest woman to ever complete the race. Beiers battled through weather conditions so harsh that 25 elite runners dropped out, and more [...]
Who says you can't display impeccable sportsmanship and still come out on top? Look no further than 2018 Boston Marathon champion Desi Linden, who became the first American woman to cross the tape first at the historic race since 1985. Early on in the cold and rainy race blasted by strong headwinds, Linden slowed down for fellow American runner and [...]
If you see a man running Monday's 122nd Boston Marathon backwards, don't worry. That's just Loren Zitomersky, 33, tackling the 26.2-mile course the "wrong" way for the right reason: To end epilepsy. The Disney movie production lawyer from Southern California won't mimic salmon, running "upstream" from the finish line to the start line. He'll run with the rest of the [...]