Two Kenyan runners have made sports history after each coming in first at the Boston Marathon on Monday. Sharon Lokedi broke the record for fastest woman in the competition, while John Korir recorded ...

For the first time in the event's 124-year history, the Boston Marathon has been canceled. Instead, organizers announced that there will be a "virtual event" for participants. If participants can ...

Sabastian Sawe made history by breaking the two-hour mark in a marathon for the first time in an astonishing London Marathon. Kenya’s Sawe broke the previous official world record by 65 seconds with ...

Even if you don't run marathons, you probably know that there is a Boston Marathon. It's the world's oldest marathon (there's plenty of Boston Marathon history to share!) and one of the most famous in ...

HISTORY THAT DATES BACK MORE THAN A CENTURY. THE FIRST RUNNERS SET OFF FROM ASHLAND IN APRIL OF 1897, WHEN THE RACE WAS KNOWN AS THE AMERICAN MARATHON. IT WASN’T UNTIL 1924 THAT THE STARTING LINE ...