The rumors of the Boston Marathon beginning at 10 o’clock in the morning rather than at noon next year have now been confirmed. There will also be the same wave start system that was employed this year, where half of the field begins at 10 am and the other half of the field begins at…
A new marathon racing series, the World Marathon Majors, has been announced, with scoring from five of the largest marathons in the world as well as the Olympics and world championships going into the competition. Organizers of the Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City marathons said Monday that the World Marathon Majors series…
Nomar Garciaparra was visiting with his uncle Victor last week in Boston when two women fell into the water, one bumping her head and going unconscious. Nomar sprinted down to the women while his uncle jumped off a 20 foot balcony into the water to rescue the two women. Good on him, I say. I…
The other week, 5 people ran the London Marathon. They then flew back to the United States and ran the Boston Marathon. One of them, Pam Reed, ran the London Marathon (3:25), and then ran from Boston to Hopkinton the next morning, only to race back from Hopkinton to Boston (4:13). That seems a little…