Marathon

CHICAGO—Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya smashed the world record by nearly two minutes at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, winning in 2:09:56. The 30-year-old Chepngetich broke the world record set by ...

Helen Ryvar goes through the same routine every night. She checks the weather forecast, lays out her running ...

NEW YORK—Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia set a course record to win the New York City Marathon men's race ...

BERLIN—Tigst Assefa broke the women's world record by more than two minutes Sunday at the Berlin Marathon, as ...

BOSTON—Rick Hoyt, who with his father pushing his wheelchair became a fixture at the Boston Marathon and other ...

The founder of the Toronto Marathon is apologizing to the event's participants and supporters for challenges they faced ...

LONDON—Kelvin Kiptum collapsed to the ground after winning the London Marathon on Sunday and recording the second fastest ...

BOSTON—Defending Boston Marathon champion Evans Chebet wasn't focused on beating Eliud Kipchoge, the world record holder considered the ...

BOSTON—A familiar name returned to the top of the podium and another one got there for the first ...

BOSTON—With a bagpiper playing “The Bells of Dunblane” and a few runners looking on, families of those killed ...

BOSTON—There are no known threats to this year's Boston Marathon, but on the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist ...

Marathon Petroleum Corp. on Tuesday beat Wall Street expectations for quarterly profit as refining margins soared amid tight ...

BOSTON—Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's attorney urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to throw out the 29-year-old’s death ...

Wall Street capped a quiet day of trading with more losses Friday, as it closed the book on ...

Kenya's Diana Kipyokei has been disqualified as the 2021 Boston Marathon women's winner after being handed a six-year ...

Courageous runners braved snow and freezing temperatures this week for the Antarctic Ice Marathon, won by Ireland's Sean ...

BEIJING—Thousands of runners took to the streets of China's capital on Sunday for the return of the Beijing ...

NEW YORK—Kenyans Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi made huge splashes in their New York City Marathon debuts on ...

In his latest work, “The Harvest of War: Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis: The Epic Battles That Saved Democracy,” ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.—A capacity field of 2,700 runners competed in the 38th annual Long Beach Marathon Oct. 10, ...

BERLIN—Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge shattered his own marathon world record on Sunday, winning the Berlin race with a time ...

Ted Corbitt estimated that he ran 200,000 miles in his lifetime. That amounts to more than eight full ...

NEW YORK—A 30-year-old man crossing the finish line of a Brooklyn half-marathon collapsed and died Saturday morning, officials ...

I usually save stories of my endurance-running exploits for my running buddies, but my most recent race experience, ...

BOSTON—Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won the women's race at the Boston Marathon on Monday, as fellow Kenyan ...

Meet the 82-year-old grandma who enjoys early morning boot camp sessions, yoga holidays to the Spanish island of ...

BOSTON—Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is again trying to avoid execution, asking the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of ...