Late last October, U.S. ultramarathon legend Bernd Heinrich, now 81, made a quiet trip to Chicago to reprise one of the greatest performances in American running history. Forty years ago, in October ...

Runners tackle marathons for all sorts of reasons. We run them to commemorate milestones, to grow as athletes, and, in some cases, just to prove we can. Regardless of why you set out to run 26.2, one ...

BATTLE CREEK - Smiling, giggling and running. All were of equal importance as 500-plus girls from almost 30 different schools came together for another edition of Girls On The Run Saturday. For the ...

ALMOST EVERY NIGHT before bedtime last summer I lay on the couch, beer in hand, and took running lessons from a guy who lives half a world away. Fredrik Zillén, a fit, 58-year-old Swede with a ...

Last week, my friend Neil Weintraub shared his memories of some of our running exploits over the past 30 years with admirable recall and great kindness. In the telling, he saved me from the ...