How good of a runner is Molly Friel? Well, she ran a marathon in 2 hours, 43 minutes and 57 seconds. At a 6:15 min/mile pace, that's incredibly fast, but once you realize she's 50 years old and clocking that kind of time, it's simply jaw-dropping. Friel ran the sub-2:45 race at the California International Marathon in December, and subsequently [...]
It was an incredible year for us at Purpose2Play. In April, we became a proud affiliate of FanSided, the fastest-growing digital content network in sports. With the move, the powerful and often under-the-radar sports stories we provide have flourished, and we cannot wait for 2018 and another year of telling the sports stories that deserve to be told. But first, [...]
Never mind that Andrew Peterson was born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. He runs a marathon faster than most people in the world. The 24-year-old Special Olympian from Indianapolis ran the 2017 Indianapolis Monumental Marathon in early November in 2 hours, 57 minutes, and 33 seconds, which qualifies him for the 2019 Boston Marathon, a race Peterson has always dreamed of [...]
So many parents worry about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, but what if some of those same hair-raising concerns came up in regard to food? For parents who have children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), that's precisely the case. They often have to padlock their refrigerators, cabinets and even trash cans because they know that for their children, who lack [...]
Think you have to slow down as you age? Think again. Just a few days shy of his 72nd birthday, Gary Patton ran a mile faster than most people 50 years younger than him. He clocked a 5:29.81 mile at the New York Armory, setting a new world record for 70 to 74-year-olds in the indoor mile. His jaw-dropping time [...]
There's nothing like the finish line of a marathon to reveal the beauty of the human spirit. Look no further than what occurred at the tape of Sunday's BMW Dallas Marathon. Chandler Self was well on her way to winning the women's division of the race until her legs turned to jello and she collapsed just 200 yards from the [...]
World War II veteran and age-group world record holder runner Orville Rogers celebrated his 100th birthday precisely the way he wanted to: By running in a 100-mile relay around White Rock Lake in Dallas in late November with beloved family and friends. Each person in the group wore a blue t-shirt with Rogers' face on it, and took on a [...]
Purpose2Play's top three most read articles for November were all about those gritty marathon (and ultramarathon) runners. But, there's so much more to them than pure endurance. Here are our top five stories for the month: 5. Get a sneak peek of the 2018 AT&T Byron Nelson: New venue, new excitement, and same great cause For most of us, golf [...]
There was a warm up, but there was no warming up. On Nov. 25, elite runner Paul Robinson ran the fastest mile ever recorded in Antarctica, where the temperature was -13 degrees Fahrenheit. His time: 4 minutes, and 17.9 seconds. “I was like, Holy f***, I don’t know how I’m going to get to the end,” he told Runner's World. [...]
Bob McAdam spent Thanksgiving like millions of Americans. He woke up, ran in a local Turkey Trot, chowed down with his family and napped. But, he's one of the few who set a new world record in the process. The 97-year-old, who is legally blind, ran the fastest 5K of anyone 95 years or older when he crossed the finish [...]