Lauren Fleshman, a two-time national track champion, decided to race the New York City Marathon as preparation for her effort to run the 5,000 meters at the 2012 Olympics.

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Running 26.2 Miles to Be Faster at 3.1

Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya wins the New York City Marathon in a course record, more than two minutes inside the previous best time.

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Record time in New York marathon

NEW YORK — Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya has won the New York City Marathon in a course record time. Mutai finished in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 6 seconds Sunday, crushing the previous mark of 2:07:43 set by Tesfaye Jifar of Ethiopia a decade earlier. The 30-year-old has established himself as the favorite at next summer’s Olympics after two landmark performances this year. Read full article > >

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Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya wins New York City Marathon in course record; Emmanuel Mutai second

Beautiful weather greeted the roughly 45,000 entrants running the New York City Marathon: temperatures in the low 40s and the course bathed in lovely sunshine.

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On the Run Blog: Live Blog: Follow the New York City Marathon

To run the course of the New York City Marathon today is to appreciate just how different the city has become.

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Marathon Route Gives Snapshots of Change in New York

In 42 years, the New York City Marathon has produced runner collisions, a prerace protest and even a dust cloud that obscured the top men as they neared the finish.

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The New York City Marathon Has Had Its Share of Memorable Moments

They met for the first time in the cold and the dark on Sunday morning with 26.2 miles to go. Carlos Evans was nervous. He’d never done a marathon before. Jimmy King, competing in his seventh Marine Corps Marathon, told him he’d be all right. He said he’d watch out for him. They were strangers brought together by the race and by circumstance. Both are 32 years old. Both served with the Marines in war. Both had been wounded. King lost his left leg in Iraq in 2004. Evans lost both legs and his left hand in Afghanistan last year. Read full article > >

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Two wounded warriors practice true ‘Semper Fi’ in Marine Corps Marathon

ARLINGTON, Tex. — When they gathered in the Arizona desert on the first day of spring training, when they sweated through all those 100-degree Texas evenings this summer, when they reached the end of the marathon of the regular season and prepared for the sprint of the postseason — the Texas Rangers , if offered, would have gladly taken the scenario they faced in the eighth inning Monday night at Rangers Ballpark: Read full article > >

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2011 World Series: Texas Rangers one win from title after 4-2 victory over St. Louis Cardinals

HAVANA — Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad stroked laboriously through the waters north of Cuba early Saturday, braving schools of jellyfish while testing the limits of human endurance on a quest to break her own 3-decade-old distance record. Fans and well-wishers around the world were kept up to date by messages posted by Nyad’s assistants on social media. A series of dispatches described an early, painful obstacle. Read full article > >

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Endurance athlete Nyad, 62, ‘going strong’ in early hours of bid at record Cuba-Florida swim

Mike Bushell, as part of his marathon training, joins the Wenger Patagonia Expedition Race for non-stop racing over six days.

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The world’s last ‘wild race’

Mike Bushell, as part of his marathon training, joins the Wenger Patagonia Expedition Race for non-stop racing over six days.

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The world’s last ‘wild race’

Another marathon debate has taken place in the House of Lords over plans for a referendum on the Westminster voting system and to cut the number of MPs.

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Lords in 3am vote debate finish

Olympic Marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru is charged with threatening to kill his wife by a court in Kenya.

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Olympic runner on assault charges

Juan Jesus Lopez and Rene Cuahuizo couldn’t afford the entrance fees for this year’s New York City Marathon, but had a chance to run with Edison Peña, the Chilean miner.

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New Yorkers From Mexico Escorted Miner in Race

Besides the winners from Ethiopia and Kenya, this Sunday’s New York City Marathon saw some high-profile runners. Chilean miner Edison Pena, nicknamed “the runner” for his routine of running six miles a day while trapped underground, finished in…

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Celebrities Complete NYC Marathon