In Sunday’s London Marathon, both Eliud Kipchoge and Mary Keitany ran considerably faster than world-record pace for the first half of the distance. In fact, both set records for the fastest first 13.1 miles...
The number: 1 Since finishing second to Wilson Kipsang in the 2013 Berlin Marathon, Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge has won 9 straight marathons, racing against the best in the world. The 33-year old must be...
Some numbers: Desiree Linden’s winning margin of 4:10 is the largest since 1993. Her time of 2:39:54 beat the second-place time of 2:44:04 by Sarah Sellers by 4:10. In 1993, Olga Markova’s 2:25:27 was 4:33...
The number: 50 That’s the number of years between Amby Burfoot’s Boston Marathon win in 1968 and his finish today, in a downpour, in 4:53:22. Burfoot becomes the fourth marathon champion to return and...
1: The number of times I have dropped out of a marathon in 155 starts. I dropped out of the first one, and have since finished 154 in a row. 5: My children, the...
30,000: Registered runners 1,558: Official charity runners (total marathon fundraising expected to be over $18 million) 3,300 & 2,825: Pounds of pasta and quarts of tomato sauce at the pre-race dinner 100: Shuttle buses to...
