After my first marathon in 2007, I was hooked. I spent the next decade taking on 26.2 miles once or twice a year, usually pushing myself to nab a new PR or qualify for Boston (which I’ve done twice).

Only days after the first sub-2 hour marathon , an Australian university professor who has devoted much of his career to studying times over the 42.195-kilometer (26.2-mile) event says the mark could ...

For decades, the idea of a sub-two-hour marathon occupied a near-mythical place in endurance sport. Like Roger Bannister’s four-minute mile, it represented a physiological and psychological frontier ...

Sabastian Sawe and Tigst Assefa both broke world records at the London Marathon. Alex Davidson / Getty Images Sabastian Sawe and Tigst Assefa shocked the world, but not themselves, when they broke ...

I’m a big fan of human superlatives. It’s fun to note when people have demonstrably managed to do something that no one has ever done before—like the Artemis II astronauts now being able to say, ...

Alexandra Burke is buzzing about running this year's London Marathon. Despite battling a chest infection, the multi-platinum recording artist is deep in the midst of preparation, and places the ...

After Yomif Kejelcha crossed the finish line at the London Marathon on Sunday, he was shocked by what he'd accomplished. Kejelcha, 28, ran a 1:59:41, crushing the elusive two-hour marathon goal.

After my first marathon in 2007, I was hooked. I spent the next decade taking on 26.2 miles once or twice a year, usually pushing myself to nab a new PB or qualify for Boston (which I’ve done twice).