New Boston Marathon Qualifying Standards

The Boston Marathon has announced the new qualifying standards, which will go into effect in 2013. Basically, runners will need to run at least 5 minutes and 59 seconds faster than the current standards in order to BQ. (The standards are all being made 5 minutes...

2011 NYC Marathon Guaranteed Entry – How It Works

Entry into the 2011 New York City Marathon lottery process opened on January 10 this year, and the application period will remain open until April 19 of 2011. That seems a bit early to me given that the race is not until November 6, but those are the dates that they...

World Marathon Majors: 2010 New York City Marathon

The New York City Marathon is always the last race of the year for the World Marathon Majors. For 2009-2010, the results of this race won’t make any difference in the long run as both Sammy Wanjiru and Lillya Shobukhova have the title locked up. (Well,...

2010 Mount Desert Island Marathon

I had the pleasure of volunteering at the 2010 Mount Desert Island Marathon and had my camera out to capture some video at the starting line and at the half-marathon point. I also got a few interviews at the finish line once everybody had passed through the half...