marathon

More than 50,000 runners are set to descend on New York City on Sunday, transforming the city simultaneously into a stadium, carnival and an immense endurance test. One of the five marathon majors, the race is one of the most prestigious running events in the world, known for its undulating, difficult route. Where Will Runners […]

Amid the electric atmosphere of the Big Apple, the New York City Marathon has taken center stage. NTD’s Carlos Reyes has more on the story.

The rodeo wasn’t the only exciting sporting event, a marathon took runners across San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge.

An 83-year-old French woman is on the run. No—really. She’s been running an average of 30 miles a week to stay in shape. The great-grandmother even beat a world record by dashing 78 miles within 24 hours, at the age of 82! Now she’s training for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

BOSTON—With a bagpiper playing “The Bells of Dunblane” and a few runners looking on, families of those killed in the Boston Marathon bombing marked the 10th anniversary of the tragedy early Saturday by slowly walking together to the memorial sites near the finish line and laying wreaths. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who was making her […]

BOSTON—There are no known threats to this year’s Boston Marathon, but on the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attack that killed three spectators, federal, state, and city law enforcement leaders said Thursday that they are prepared for anything. “At this point in time, the FBI is not aware of any specific or credible threats targeting […]

In Los Angeles, athletes didn’t let rain get in the way of participating in the LA Marathon. Let’s hear what some of the winners said to NTD.

California’s state lawmakers are asking the governor to recuse himself from the bailout process for Silicon Valley Bank, since he and his wife are clients of the bank. State lawmakers and the governor are still in disagreement over whether to penalize the oil industry for windfall profits. Now the governor is proposing to let the […]

It’s little wonder Gary McKee has been nicknamed “marathon man.” He ran one every day last year. Were McKee to go through the process of getting his superhuman feat of endurance and perseverance ratified, it would comfortably be a Guinness World Record. That currently stands at 106 days of consecutive marathon running for women and […]

BOSTON—Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s attorney urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to throw out the 29-year-old’s death sentence because of juror misconduct claims just months after it was revived by the nation’s highest court. Tsarnaev is making a renewed push to avoid execution after the Supreme Court last year reinstated the death sentence imposed […]

Wall Street capped a quiet day of trading with more losses Friday, as it closed the book on the worst year for the S&P 500 since 2008. The benchmark index finished with a loss of 19.4 percent for 2022, or 18.1 percent, including dividends. It’s just its third annual decline since the financial crisis 14 […]

Courageous runners braved snow and freezing temperatures this week for the Antarctic Ice Marathon, won by Ireland’s Sean Tobin who organizers said clocked a record time on the continent. The event, the 17th of its kind, took place on Wednesday at Union Glacier, with more than 60 competitors from 20 nations taking part. Organizers describe […]

NEW YORK—A 30-year-old man crossing the finish line of a Brooklyn half-marathon collapsed and died Saturday morning, officials in New York said. The runner was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, fire department spokesperson Frank Dwyer said. It was unclear what caused the runner to collapse, though a statement from the […]

BOSTON—Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won the women’s race at the Boston Marathon on Monday, as fellow Kenyan Evans Chebet won the men’s race. Jepchirchir won a see-saw sprint in the final mile on Monday as the world’s most prestigious 26.2-mile race returned to its traditional Patriots’ Day spot in the schedule for the first […]

On Friday morning, the Supreme Court reinstated the federal death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a terrorist who was convicted of bombing the 2013 Boston Marathon, in a 6–3 decision, with all three liberal justices dissenting from the ruling. Tsarnaev, 28, is the lone surviving perpetrator of the 2013 attack that has been deemed one of […]

A Sacramento man is arrested for having a hit list with the names of presidents and government officials. Authorities said he was armed and on his way to Washington, D.C. A group of runners in California are getting ready for the New Year with a half marathon run. The organizer says the run is a […]

NEW YORK—New York sought a comeback story for its 50th marathon, and Albert Korir delivered. And for a city whose sports fans don’t accept second best, Peres Jepchirchir came through with a memorable first. Korir and Jepchirchir made it a Kenyan sweep at Sunday’s New York City Marathon, with Korir winning the men’s race two […]