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Get To Know The Boston Marathon Field
Now that it's cool to care about the Boston Marathon again, Fittish will spend the next seven days familiarizing you with the elite field. Today's entry: Dennis Kimetto. ...
<em>Globe</em> Report: Boston Marathon Bomber Said He Heard Voices
The Boston Globe dropped a hefty feature, in a creative but readable format, on Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev over the weekend. It focuses on the two brothers, the Tsarnaev family, and how their lives deteriorated before the bombing. The motive behind the bombing isn't truly...
What Are Your Best Day-After Marathon Misery Stories?
The New York City marathon was yesterday, meaning today there are about 48,000 people who are feeling beat to hell today. What's the worst thing that happened to you, in yesterday's race, or ever: Toenails fall off? Peeing blood? Global refusal to get the hell out of bed until next decade? Open foru...
The Terrifying Hell A Marathon Inflicts On The Human Body
The New York City marathon is today! Most people take training for a marathon seriously, because it's a huge day that they work toward all year, and also because it's based on a guy literally dying from running too fast and far. Other people don't. Here's Dr. Matt McCarthy on the very bad stuff tha...
Why Marathoners (Especially Men) Are "Irrational" Runners
If you're going to sacrifice your body to run 26.2 miles all at once, shouldn't you at least run them as best you can? Eric Allen (USC) and Patricia Dechow (Berkeley) took a look at finishing times for 300,000 Chicago Marathon runners from 2003 to 2011, concluding, in the style of all behavioral eco...
The Terrifying Hell A Marathon Inflicts On The Human Body
Pamela Anderson running on a beach is one of those indelible images in American pop culture. So there were a lot of yuks when she announced earlier this fall that she'd be running in the New York City Marathon, which takes place this Sunday. Pam Anderson running—for 26.2 miles! And when she went on ...
Man Knits 12-Foot Scarf While Running Kansas City Marathon
David Babcock, a professor at the University of Central Missouri, chose to create less boring small talk in the future by knitting a giant scarf as he ran the Kansas City Marathon. And he isn't the first person to do this, apparently....
Escaped Dog Runs Half-Marathon, Wins Medal, Gets Neutered
Boogie got off his leash Friday night, and the next day decided to join the Evansville half-marathon. He finished in 2:15—better than most of the entered runners—and promptly got sent to an animal shelter for his trouble....
Half-Marathoner Takes Wrong Turn, Wins Marathon
Meredith Fitzmaurice had never run a full marathon in her life. She'd never run more than 20 miles. But she was working up to it, and hoped to use Sunday's half-marathon in Amherstburg, Ontario, as a tuneup. ...
Ironman Winner Nearly Loses At Finish Line On Account Of Gloating
Ironman contestants: in the future, please make sure to cross the finish line before celebrating and pretending to be an airplane. No one will feel bad if you lose in the final stretch because of this, and the person in second place won't always be as forgiving as this guy....
Victims Of The Boston Marathon Bombing Begin Divvying $61 Million
America, on occasion you really take care of your own. After the Boston Marathon bombing, people and companies pulled together more than $60 million that's now being disbursed to 232 people who were hurt or killed in the attack and its aftermath. Two double amputees and the families of four people w...
<em>Chicago Tribune</em> Takes Back Its Post-Bombing Tribute To Boston
Remember the morning after the Boston Marathon bombings, when the Chicago Tribune dedicated the front page of its sports section to the city of Boston and its sports teams? That was a very sweet thing for the Tribune to do! But now, with the Bruins and Blackhawks facing each other in the Stanley Cup...
Watch Boston Marathon Bombing Heroes Throw Out Tonight's First Pitch
Marathon Bombing survivors Jeff Bauman and Carlos Arredondo were on the mound tonight to throw out the first pitches for the Red Sox game against the Philadelphia Phillies....
Will Anyone Ever Run A Marathon In Under Two Hours?
One of the last remaining grand achievements to be had in the world of competitive running is the sub-two-hour marathon. The current world record—held by Kenyan Patrick Makau—sits at two hours, three minutes, and thirty-eight seconds. But many wonder, is it possible to run a marathon in under two ho...
Boston Bruins Honor Marathon Bombing Victim Before Game 2
Last you saw Jeff Bauman, he was mangled, with a complexion reminiscent of Beetlejuice. Pushing Bauman's stretcher was a man in a cowboy hat who had shredded a sweater to make tourniquets for what remained of Bauman's legs....
Three More Arrested In Connection With Boston Marathon Bombings
Federal authorities have reportedly arrested three college students in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings. A source told the Globe that the three new suspects "helped" Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after the attack, and NBC's Pete Williams is reporting that they were his roommates at UMass Dartmouth. ...
The Boston Bombing Suspects' Final Day On The Run: A Reconstruction
One week ago, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev killed a police officer, engaged in a massive shootout that wounded another and left Tamerlan dead, and set off a manhunt that put Boston on lockdown. Many of the initial reports were a confused jumble, and we're only now able to recreate the Tsarnaevs' m...