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Rising Trend: Women Who Run Half-Marathons

Most of last year's 2M finishers were females

(Newser) - Female runners are making half-marathons the sport's most popular distance race, reports Runner's World . It takes note of new stats from Running USA showing that a record 1.95 million people finished a 13.1-mile race last year, which marks a 6% increase from the previous year and...

Too Much Running Could Actually Kill You Sooner
Too Much Running Could Actually Kill You Sooner
study says
Apr 3, 2014 8:44 AM CDT

Too Much Running Could Actually Kill You Sooner

New study finds a 'moderate' regimen is best

(Newser) - Training to run a marathon has got to be one of the healthiest things you can do, right? Maybe not: A new study found that "moderate" runners lived longer than people who don't exercise at all—and people who run lots of miles, HealthDay reports. The study, led...

Runners Cover Rocky's Route— All 31 Miles of It

They imitate unlikely montage in second film

(Newser) - In Rocky II, the boxer pulls off a rather astounding feat: He appears, in a montage, to run from South Philadelphia to train tracks seven miles northeast, then suddenly back to South Philly before heading all the way to the Schuylkill River. All told, it's a 31-mile, or 50-kilometer,...

Wild Race Runs Around One NYC Block—for 52 Days

The 3,100-mile race requires runners to loop block 5,649 times

(Newser) - It almost defies belief: A dozen runners are in the midst of a race that will take them around a single Queens, NY, block ... 5,649 times. That makes it a 3,100-mile race or, in this case, "spiritual journey." The event began June 16, and participants have...

Is Too Much Exercise Bad for You?

Doctors torn on whether running too much counteracts benefits

(Newser) - With some studies showing the health benefits of running—good cholesterol levels, improved blood pressure—may be offset by heart conditions like plaque buildup in arteries and arrhythmia in extreme athletes, doctors are divided on whether there's such a thing as too much exercise. While one doctor says, "...

Meet the Queen of Ultrarunning

Lizzy Hawker can run over 24 hours without sleep

(Newser) - Ultrarunners compete over hundreds of miles and for days at a time in a single race. But even by those superhuman standards, British ultrarunner Lizzy Hawker, 36, is particularly, well, ultra. Hawker is the five-time women’s division winner of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, one of the toughest trail races...

Runner Speaks Out After Dead-Heat Controversy

Jeneba Tarmoh thinks 100-meter results should have been handled better

(Newser) - Jeneba Tarmoh is heartbroken over the "dead heat" controversy that kept her from a spot on the Olympic 100-meter team , she tells the New York Times . Tarmoh felt cheated after being unofficially declared the third-place winner, then not learning that the result had been changed to a tie with...

Olympic Runner Quits After Confusing Photo Finish

Jeneba Tarmoh had tied Allyson Felix in 100-meter dash

(Newser) - A US Olympic runner who said she felt "in her heart of hearts" that she belonged on the 100-meter team has withdrawn rather than race again, ABC News reports. Jeneba Tarmoh tied fellow American Allyson Felix in a 100-meter dash on June 23, but a day later, with only...

40 Years Later, Prefontaine's Last Big Record Is Busted

Galen Rupp beats his 5K meter record by 0.13 seconds

(Newser) - It took 40 years, but Steve Prefontaine's US record in the 5,000 meters finally fell Thursday night. It was the last major record held by Prefontaine, who died in a 1975 car crash at age 24, reports the Wall Street Journal . Galen Rupp finished his race at the...

To Run Like a Cheetah, Get Stronger Thighs

Scientists study the world's fastest mammal

(Newser) - Scientists trying to figure out how cheetahs manage to run faster than any other mammal might have a few tips to pass along to human runners, reports the New York Times' Well blog . For one thing, build up those thighs. The cheetah has powerful upper legs, which allow them to...

Barefoot Running Craze Dogged by Injuries

Most jump in a little too quickly, say experts

(Newser) - Swept by the barefoot running craze, ultramarathoner Ryan Carter ditched his sneakers for footwear that mimics the experience of striding unshod. Within three weeks of switching over, he was clocking six miles on the road. During a training run with a friend, Carter suddenly stopped, unable to take another step....

Kenyans Dominate Sweltering Boston Marathon

Second-slowest race since 1985

(Newser) - Kenyans conquered an unusually-hot Boston Marathon , with Wesley Korir winning in 2 hours, 12 minutes, and 40 seconds. Sharon Cherop beat out another Kenyan, Jemima Jelagat Sumgong, in a last-minute sprint; Cherop clocked in at 2 hours, 31 minutes, and 50 seconds. It was the second-slowest race since 1985, just...

Math Proves It: Usain Bolt Could Be Even Faster

Statistician shows how Bolt could beat his record time

(Newser) - Sure, Usain Bolt is probably the fastest man to ever live, but one Cambridge math professor doesn't think he's achieved his full potential. In a new study, John Barrow shows that Bolt could shave 0.13 seconds off his world record 9.58-second 100-meter time without doing a...

Legendary Ultrarunner Found Dead in Wilderness

No signs of violence, Micah True's body taken for autopsy

(Newser) - Friends and family of legendary ultrarunner Micah True have been left with only questions and memories after the body of the 58-year-old was found in the New Mexico wilderness on Saturday, reports ABC News . True disappeared while on a 12-mile run on Tuesday in New Mexico's Gila National Forest....

Woman Runs Chicago Marathon, Gives Birth

Amber Miller was 38 weeks, 5 days along

(Newser) - Imagine yourself almost 39 weeks pregnant. If you're picturing yourself on the couch watching Real Housewives with a carton of Ben & Jerry's ... well, you aren't Amber Miller. As the Daily Herald reports, Miller gave birth yesterday—after completing the Chicago Marathon. Miller had gotten the OK...

Usain Bolt Disqualified for False Start; 'Balderunner' Oscar Pistorius Advances to Semis in Men's 400 Meter
 Usain Bolt 
 Booted as 
 'Bladerunner' 
 Steals Show 
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Aug 28, 2011 11:40 AM CDT

Usain Bolt Booted as 'Bladerunner' Steals Show

Jamaican jumped the gun, while Pistorius advances in men's 400 meter

(Newser) - The fastest man on the planet was disqualified today from the event he's dominated for three years, while the most unlikely runner on the planet advanced to the semis at today's track world championships. Usain Bolt's false start in the men's 100-meter final automatically booted him...

San Francisco: You Can Run Naked, but Not Drunk

City wants 100th anniversary of Bay to Breakers to be a sober one

(Newser) - Tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of the Bay to Breakers, a famed 7.5-mile annual race from San Francisco Bay to the waves (aka breakers) of the Pacific Ocean—but don't spike your Gatorade with champagne just yet. The race has long been a debaucherous one, complete with people...

New Record Set in Boston Marathon

Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai takes first place

(Newser) - Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya took first place at the Boston Marathon today, finishing the race in a record 2:03:02. That time beats the marathon’s previous record, set by fellow Kenyan Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot, by more than two minutes, reports the Boston Globe . It would also be a...

Man Runs 365 Marathons in One Year

Onetime asthma sufferer Stefaan Engels aimed to inspire

(Newser) - A Belgian runner has plowed through 365 marathons in the past year, shattering the former record of 52, the Daily Mail reports. Stefaan Engels, 49, completed his goal in Barcelona. "I wanted to inspire people by showing that if I could run a marathon a day for an entire...

Newbies Win NYC Marathon
 Newbies Win NYC Marathon 
Nov 7, 2010 11:25 AM CST

Newbies Win NYC Marathon

Gebre Gebremariam, Edna Kiplagat take men's, women's races respectively

(Newser) - Gebre Gebremariam of Ethiopia has won the men's title at the New York City Marathon in his debut at the distance, while Kenya's Edna Kiplagat won the women's race today for her first major marathon championship. Another Ethiopian man was the favorite, but world-record holder Haile Gebrselassie pulled out at...

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