Jun 18, 2026
Reviewed by Dave Kayser As I looked at the cover of Martin Dugard’s The Long Run for the first time, I raised an eyebrow. Subtitled Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit, Grete Waitz and the Decade That Made the Marathon Cool, anyone familiar with Steve...
May 19, 2026
2026 Boston Marathon Notes A Stream of Consciousness and Pictorial Overview of the 2026 Boston Marathon By Phil Stewart Pre-race: When the Boston Marathon started its charity program in 1989 with a single charity, the race was truly about the competition. As the only...
May 19, 2026
BOSTON MARATHON 2026 Notes about the race by Dave Kayser The Boston Marathon enlivens the host city like few other large city marathons can. Media coverage abounds, retailers offer race specials, restaurants have marathon-themed meals, hotels welcome the participant’s...
Aug 19, 2025
Ex-CEO of New York Road Runners Is Making a Comeback by Mark Heinicke, Road Race Management E-News Editor Above: Michael Capiraso in the 2024 Hamptons Marathon, where he finished second in the men’s 60-64 division in 4:22:43. Five years ago, New York Road Runners...
Jul 24, 2025
By Claudia Piepenburg When Donald J. Trump entered the White House again on January 20, 2025 voters, no matter their political affiliation, expected that his second term policies could result in changes that would affect their lives in one way or another. We at Road...
