The marathon American record holder is on the comeback trail after foot surgery last year.
Interview by: Matt Fitzgerald
I can think of no other elite runner whose career has combined such extreme highs and lows. The Moroccan-born American has soared as high as any runner in history, breaking the marathon world record twice and the [...]
How does the New York City Marathon measure up against the other World Marathon Majors?
Written by: Matt Fitzgerald
There are five so-called World Marathon Majors: the Boston Marathon, held in mid-April; the Flora London Marathon, held in late April; the Real Berlin Marathon, held in September; the Chicago Marathon, held in October; and the ING New [...]
This past weekend was the Chicago Marathon. Even though I don’t have anything to do with the event I still take pride in my hometown marathon. I’ve run it many times and just find the energy, spirit, and beauty of the City of Chicago to be unmatched.
In addition to speaking at the Leukemia and Lymphoma [...]
The ultramarathon man Dean Karnazes knows a thing or two about long-distance running. After all, he’s got more ultras under his belt than he can count and famously ran 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states in 2006. But he’s adding another achievement at Sunday’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon—two marathons back-to-back.
He’ll start with [...]
Mayor Richard M. Daley helped the organizers of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon kick off the start to marathon weekend by honoring Carey Pinkowski for his 20 years as executive race director of the event.
At this year’s marathon press conference, Daley revealed that the race’s start at the intersection of Monroe Street and Columbus [...]
Contrary to popular belief, the Chicago Marathon is not perfectly suited to fast running. But no marathon is, and Chicago comes closer than most.
The Chicago Marathon has a reputation as a fast marathon, and it is a reputation it has earned—at the elite level, at least. In the 1984 race, Welshman Steve Jones set a [...]
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No other female runner in history comes close to matching Catherine Ndereba’s record of success at the marathon distance.
Catherine Ndereba is one of the most accomplished female distance runners in history. Her nickname of “Catherine the Great” is well earned. The 37-year-old Kenyan has amassed an impressive five Olympic and world championships medals at the [...]
2008 Olympic gold medalist added to list of contenders.
The 2009 Bank of America Chicago Marathon has announced that 2008 Olympic gold medalist Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya will battle for this year’s title. Wanjiru has a personal best of 2:05:10 from London this year and is the current world record holder in the half marathon with [...]
American Olympic bronze medalist confirmed for Chicago field.
Deena Kastor has declared her intent to run the 2009 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, and she is leaving no doubt as to her intentions. Not only will Kastor be looking to win but she says she thinks she can better her own American record (2:19:36) and is [...]
