The men’s and women’s race walking events continued at the Rio Olympics on Friday and so did the Internet’s snark about the sport. But it wasn’t always such a laughable thing. In the late 19th-century ...

A marathon pushes the human body close to its limits. Legs tire, lungs burn and the heart works hard for hours on end. For ...

Intensive long-distance running could be a risk for advanced adenomas (AAs) of the colon, a small prospective study reported this summer at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2025.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - If you’re seeing people walking gingerly around town, offer some words of encouragement. After a 26.2-mile journey from Hawaii Kai to Downtown, runners are getting ...

Marathons take a heavy toll on the body, and even for peak athletes there’s been concern about stress on the heart after 26.2 miles. After all, the first marathoner dropped dead after finishing the ...

For a marathon, runners prefer temperatures to be on the cooler side. Somewhere in the mid-40’s constitutes preferable conditions for the grueling race. On Sunday’s 54th running of the Dallas Marathon ...

Half marathoners sprint from the start as fireworks light up the BMW Dallas Marathon outside Dallas City Hall in downtown Dallas, Dec. 15, 2024. Tom Fox / Staff Photographer Dallas’ largest and Texas’ ...

PHOENIX – Motorists might find themselves running into delays on Saturday as Phoenix Marathon participants run through Arizona’s largest city. Closures related to Phoenix’s new signature marathon will ...

Alaskan Adun Ige put the U.S. Polo Assn. Palm Beaches Marathon over the top with her registration that created a record 45 th state represented in a field of runners expected to approach 6,200 when ...

San Antonio's first-ever namesake marathon is in the books — but for countless runners, the aches and pains are still going strong. Several participants have posted their race takeaways after ...

Cynthia Limo, of Kenya, crosses the finish line during the 2024 Honolulu Marathon, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Honolulu. Limo successfully defended her 2023 Honolulu Marathon title, running the 26.2-mile ...

A California International Marathon runner is recovering after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest during the race, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said on Sunday. The runner, identified as a ...