04/18/08
Kenyan Runners and the Post-Election Violence
This article was written by Take The Magic Step™ team member Scott Douglas, a runner since 1979 and writer on the sport for nearly as long.
12/29/07
A Look Back, A Look Ahead
With a world record in the marathon, exciting world championships on the track, roads and grass, and the conclusion of the first World Marathon Majors, 2007 was a great year to be a fan of distance running.
11/13/07
Marathon Organizers Meet in Marathon: Returning to Roots, Focusing on Future
What better place than Marathon, Greece for marathon organizers from around the world to match minds?
05/28/07
AIMS Celebrates a Quarter-Century of Running History
Twenty-five years ago, big running events were increasingly being established all over the world. At the time, the U.S. and England were a few steps ahead of other countries in putting on mass events
04/26/07
World Marathon Majors Becoming a Formula 1 of Running
Since it was launched last year, the World Marathon Majors series has added even more attraction to five of the greatest marathons in the world: Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York.
12/25/06
Superb Success for Charity Running in London and Chicago
Two of the world’s greatest marathon events recently announced the amounts raised for charity during their races in 2006. In London and Chicago, $90 million were collected for charities.
01/27/06
The Formula 1 of Road Running
The BAA Boston Marathon, Flora London Marathon, real,- Berlin-Marathon, LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon and the ING New York City Marathon have officially launched the World Marathon Majors (WMM) on Monday.
01/24/06
World’s Five Premier Marathons Unite to Form “World Marathon Majors”
The world’s five premier international marathons—the Boston Marathon, the Flora London Marathon, the real,- Berlin-Marathon, the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon, and the ING New York City Marathon—have joined forces to collectively present the top echelon in the sport of marathon running.
12/19/05
Big Five: Joining Forces
The biggest and most spectacular marathon races have merged together and founded the Big Five. The BAA Boston Marathon, the Flora London Marathon, the real,- Berlin Marathon, the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon and the ING New York City Marathon form this ,Formula 1’ of road running.
08/15/05
Big Five: Greatest city marathons cooperate
The most important city marathon races have merged to the Big Five. This was announced by the race directors during the World Championships in athletics in Helsinki.
12/05/04
IAAF chooses Berlin for World Championships in 2009
“The World Championships in Athletics 2009 will be held in Berlin.” A few minutes past 6 pm the President of the International Athletics Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF), Lamine Diack, announced the decision in Helsinki.
11/14/04
Cross-Country or the Soul of Long Distance Running
Cross-Country has always had a particular significance in British athletics. Though the trend for marathons and other road races is booming here as elsewhere, the increase is not so noticeable in cross-country running and racing.
10/31/04
Johnny Kelley – a Boston running legend died
Johnny Kelley was the legend of the Boston Marathon. 61 times he had run the classical race from Hopkinton to Boston, winning it twice in 1935 and 1945.
08/27/04
Spiridon Louis’ grandson talks about his grandfather
108 years ago Spiridon Louis became a national hero in Greek by winning the marathon in the Olympic Games. A lot of stories were written about his race from Marathon to Athens which then covered a distance of 40 kilometers.
