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• Two Runners Die After Finishing Marathon

  There were two fatalities among the 37,899 finishers of Sunday’s New York City Marathon, according to the New York Road Runners, the organizer of the event. Posted Monday, November 03, 2008 12:01 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Running, Marathon Running, New York City Marathon, New York Road Runners Club, Defibrillators

• Radcliffe Reasserts Her Supremacy

  Battling recent stress fractures and a pair of Olympic disappointments, Paula Radcliffe of Britain won New York for the third time in 2:23:56 seconds. Posted Sunday, November 02, 2008 12:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Running, Marathon Running, New York City Marathon, Radcliffe, Paula, Olympic Games (2014)

• The Race Leader: Live Updates on the Men’s Marathon

  Follow the men’s marathon as the race unfolds with live dispatches from the lead group of elite runners. Posted Sunday, November 02, 2008 8:38 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Running, Gebrselassie, Haile, New York City Marathon, Lel, Martin, Abdirahman, Abdi, Salazar, Alberto, Tergat, Paul

• A Look Back at the 1911 Running Scene

  A worthy predecessor called a modified marathon suggests New York City was a stronghold of distance running nearly a century ago. Posted Friday, October 31, 2008 10:57 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Running, New York City Marathon, Manhattan (NYC), History

• Kenyans Bond Over Running and Trees

  Kenyan marathon runners Hosea Rotich, a forest ranger, and Simon Wangai, a former lumberman, met when Rotich spotted Wangai cutting down a tree in a protected forest. Posted Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:39 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Running, Marathon Running, New York City Marathon, Kenya, Forests and Forestry

• An Olympian’s Path Toward Inner Peace

  In the New York City Marathon, Zola Budd Pieterse hopes to find something that eluded her through two Olympics, two world cross-country titles and a handful of world records — contentment. Posted Sunday, October 26, 2008 10:33 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Running, Olympic Games, New York City Marathon, Emotions, Budd Pieterse, Zola, newyorkcitymarathon

• Radcliffe to Run New York City Marathon

  Paula Radcliffe, the 2007 New York City Marathon champion and world-record holder, will attempt to put a year of struggles behind her when she returns to New York to defend her title. Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:57 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Running, Marathon Running, New York City Marathon, New York Road Runners Club, Radcliffe, Paula

• 30 Seconds: With Kerri Strug

  Kerri Strug, who made her Olympic debut at 14 in the 1992 Barcelona Games, is now 31 and has run four marathons and plans to run her first New York City Marathon on Nov. 2. Posted Saturday, September 27, 2008 2:59 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Running, Olympic Games, Marathon Running, New York City Marathon, Gymnastics, Strug, Kerri

• Marathon Training: At War With Injuries

  It’s the fall marathon season, as runners around the world know all too well, and as the training miles pile up, countless runners are feeling unexpected aches and pains — and desperation. Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 1:54 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Running, Marathon Running, New York City Marathon, Exercise

• Track Star Goucher Will Run in New York City Marathon

  Kara Goucher said she would run in the New York City Marathon on Nov. 2, her first marathon, and hopes to become the first American woman since 1992 to reach the podium. Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008 8:15 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Running, Track and Field, Marathon Running, New York City Marathon, Goucher, Kara

• Fitness: Sometimes Half Is Better Than Whole

  Half-marathons have been growing in the last five years, partly due to an influx of newer runners who consider the half a friendlier challenge than the marathon. Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:39 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Running, Marathon Running, New York City Marathon, Boston Marathon

• Heart Condition Led to Runner’s Death

  Ryan Shay, who died during the Olympic trial for the marathon, had cardiac arrhythmia caused by an enlarged heart and died of natural causes, according to the New York City medical examiner’s office. Posted Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:23 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Running, New York City Marathon, Shay, Ryan

• Enlarged Heart, Scarring Contributed to Runner’s Death

  Ryan Shay had cardiac arrhythmia caused by an enlarged heart and died of natural causes, according to the New York City medical examiner’s office. Posted Tuesday, March 18, 2008 1:41 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Running, New York City Marathon, Shay, Ryan