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Tyler Pence won the 2021 Quad Cities Marathon with a time of just over 2 hours and 15 minutes. He is the first U.S. runner to win in the past 20 years. However, there is more to the story. The Quad-City Times reported, “Pence’s win came after Elijah Mwangangi Saolo, and Luke Kibet diverted from the course…

A 26-year-old man from North Dakota signed up to run a half-marathon. Mike Kohler was groggy from his early wake-up call and got in with the wrong group of runners at the Sanford Fargo Marathon. He missed the instructions and the directions he received were for the full marathon. He said he realized…

It really is a world wide web! Sheila Pereira thought she was signing up to run a half Marathon in her hometown, but later discovered that it was not going to be in Worcester, Massachusetts, but would be in Worcester, England. She did not let her mistake keep her from her goals. She ran anyway. When…

The social isolation and quarantine brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic has spurred extraordinary feats of perseverance. James Campbell ran a 26.2-mile marathon in his back yard. He covered the short path more than 7000 time in just over 5 hours earning $22,000 for charity. —Jim L. Wilson and Rodger…

The social isolation and quarantine brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic has spurred extraordinary feats of perseverance. Tobias Weller a 9-year-old autistic boy with cerebral palsy earned $100,000 by completing a marathon on his walker. He walked on the street in front of his house for 70 days cheered…

Boerne, Texas may hold the easiest race there is to enter and complete. The race, run in May, is a 0.5k very mini-marathon. The 546-yard race features a rest stop at the halfway point where runners can refill on coffee and doughnuts. Upon completing the race, all runners received a T-shirt and an oval…

In the last five years Mary Shertenlieb has dealt with leukemia three times. This year she took on the Boston Marathon but sixteen miles into the race, which occurred under wet and cold conditions, medics told Mary that hypothermia has taken hold and she needed to quit. Her husband suggested that she…

Peter Messervy-Gross, A 47-year-old British man went to Mongolia to run a 100-mile ultra-marathon across a frozen lake. When he arrived for the race he discovered the airline had lost his bags. He didn’t have any of his specialized gear, but his passion for running took over and he ran the race in his…

Melissa Kitcher became lost after she made a wrong turn about 3 miles into the 13.1 mile run of a half-marathon. The race director said he had no idea Kitcher was still on the course until her husband called hours later to ask about her. She said her phone had frozen before the race, but she wasn’t worried…

Immediately after repeating their wedding vows, Lynnette Beedle and Stephen Klejka began running a half-marathon in Canton, Ohio. –Jim L. Wilson http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/ohio-couple-weds-starting-line-runs-half-marathon-38647285 I love the symbolism here. Marriage is not a sprint; it is…

Samir Singh, the ultra marathon runner from India had set a huge goal for himself, but ended just short of his achieving his dream. Singh, who was called “The Faith Runner,” spent three months running between the slums and business district of Mumbai. He set a goal of running 10,000 km in 100 days when…

The Boston Marathon is arguably the most prestigious foot race in the country. It has strict qualifying times that a runner must meet to run the big race. Another way to enter the race is with a charity team, usually requiring a person to raise thousands of dollars for the charity. Some runners choose…

PERSEVERANCE Adrianne Haslet-Davis promised that one day she would run the Boston Marathon. She made the vow while recovering from losing the lower part of her left leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. She was standing among the spectators when the explosions ripped through the crowd. Running with…

Timothy Payne, served in the 82nd Airborne for 11 years before he was medically retired due to injuries he sustained when he stepped on a 25-35 pound IED. Payne has turned his energy to athletics in an effort to stay motivated. He participated in the Chicago Marathon, New York City Marathon, L.A. Marathon…

Three top contenders in the Bangalore Marathon were following their guide car when the car missed a turn and led the runners 2.5 miles in the wrong direction. “The runners discovered the mistake, which occurred about 9 miles into the 13.1-mile half marathon, only when the race crowd thinned and they…

In spite of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that “killed three people and injured more than 260 others,” Chicago expected approximately 45,000 runners and more than 1 million spectators to attend their 2013 marathon. Those who ran in the Boston Marathon told the Chicago marathon director, “We’re coming…

Diane Van Deren was committed. Every evening she said good night to her husband and kids and left her home to run. She ran toward the mountains of the Pike National Forest while towing a 50-pound sandbag on a sled. She ran for 10-12 hours. Diane Van Deren was training to run the Yukon Artic Ultra, a…

Maickel Melamed, with a time of “16 hours, 46 minutes” was the last person to finish the Chicago Marathon at 1:30 in the morning. No matter how long it took, this man was determined to finish the race. It didn’t matter that he was in last place. The point was to finish. After finishing the race, he said,…

Health conscious Americans are looking for the secret to the fountain of youth. One of the most popular ways to keep healthy is running. Research shows that regular running can lower ones risk of early death by as much as 20%. All the news isn’t good though. Running more than 20 miles per week can actually…

When Ellie Hasbani lost his leg to a land mine during the civil war in Lebanon in 1975, he had no idea what he Lord would do with his life. During the war, Hasbani saw death and destruction all around him, and ended up hating his life because of what he had become. When the mine exploded, Hasbani was…

Joey Lee was in the race of his life—the 150-mile Marathon Des Sables, across the Moroccan Sahara Desert. On day four, Lee was still running, though other runners had already been airlifted out after surrendering to the heat or to physical exhaustion. About 80 miles into the race, the air pockets in…

The heat was unbearable. Heat sweltered the crowd and melted the runners. They were here to run the marathon, and not just any marathon. It was the Olympic Marathon, held in St. Louis in 1904. But it wasn’t just the heat that made this day different, it was those on the starting line of that marathon.…

SACRIFICE The latest fad for runners is known as “Ultrarunning” which features such extreme running events as a 100 mile marathon. The sport takes such a degree of commitment that some participants have permanently removed their toenails in order to eliminate one of the potential sources of runners’…

Two men from Lancaster Pennsylvania have been texting nonstop for about ten years, so they decided to try to set a new world word record. Nick Andres and Doug Klinger managed to exchange 217,000 texts during March of 2009. The men set their phones to send multiple messages, and found during a test they…