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Homeless Runner Embraced by San Francisco Marathon
Homeless runner Ronnie Goodman longed to run in the San Francisco Marathon in July. His story so touched the race’s organizers that they have made...
Runner With Down Syndrome Breaks Marathon Record in NYC
Though he crossed the finish line hours after everyone else did, Jimmy Jenson still was first at the New York City Marathon Sunday. The...
Sean Penn Sponsors Haitian Runners for NYC Marathon
Actor Sean Penn's organization J/P Haitian Relief Organization continues rebuilding Haiti with medical, structural and community development programs. But now, he bolsters the hearts and...
Boston Runner and Blast Victim Form Lifelong Bond
The lives of two men, one a young marathon runner who had crossed the finish line two minutes before the bomb exploded, and an...
Runner With Terminal Brain Cancer Wins Marathon While Pushing Daughter
A man who is living with brain cancer won a marathon this month in Beaumont, Texas while pushing his 6-year-old daughter in a stroller....
Honest Spanish Runner Won’t Take Advantage of Competitor’s Error
Vitoria-based athlete Iván Fernández Anaya refused to take advantage when his Kenyan rival mistakenly stopped short of the finish line in a December cross-country...
NYC Marathon Runners Help with Relief Efforts (Video)
When Sunday's New York City Marathon was canceled on Friday, nearly 50,000 runners from 125 countries had no race to run. Many of them...
Another Last Place But Inspiring Olympic Finish as Competitor Hails Injured Runner (Video)
Track star Liu Xiang of China, who won a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics, but fell during his race in London Tuesday, was...
Runner Without a Country to Compete at Olympics
A fearful refugee, Guor Marial ran for his life to escape a Sudanese child labour camp. Now he will get to run at the...
Olympic Runner Rises Out of Poverty
World champion Lolo Jones will be making news this weekend, showing off her speed and fighting spirit as she makes her third attempt to...
Donations Soar for Inspirational Runner After Her Collapse in London Marathon
Donations to an "inspirational" runner who collapsed and died during the London Marathon have passed £670,000 on her fundraising website, and are continuing to...
A Runner for Cancer Decides to Become Oncologist After Losing Father
Jenna Norton is not your typical medical school applicant. In fact, until two years ago, she had never considered a career in medicine. It...
Teen Athlete Gives Entire $40K Scholarship Prize to Runners-up
Allan Guei won a $40,000 college scholarship in a free-throw competition for top academic students at Compton High School in Los Angeles, which was...
Runner Crawls to Finish to Win Title for Her Ailing Coach (Video)
The race was supposed to have been a moment of glory for the top runner of a northern California high school track team. But...
Teenage Girl Hailed for Helping Fallen Runner
Dominique Lincoln was running up a hill during a cross-country race when the ground beneath her seemed to vanish. Dominique...
Bloggers Create Fundraising Tool For Runners to Help Rebuild School In Darfur
Bloggers are combining physical fitness with the desire to help others in a new internet tool called Train for Humanity. Their initial pilot project...
Solar Balconies Are Booming in Germany and You Can Plug in and Install Them Yourself
Solar panels are finding their way onto all sorts of surprising surfaces, and now Central Europeans are beginning to line their balcony rails with...
British Man Finishes His Run Across Africa: 385 Marathons in 352 days
A red-headed Brit named Russ Cook claims he's become the first person ever to run across the entire length of Africa after crossing a...
Good News in History, March 23
249 years ago today, American Founding Father Patrick Henry spoke to Virginia legislators, where he famously proposed that their colony should join the revolution...
Overlooked Drug Proven to Be Superior Treatment for Crohn’s Disease–Helping Patients Avoid Surgery
A large-scale clinical trial of treatment strategies for Crohn’s disease has shown that offering early advanced therapy to all patients straight after diagnosis can...