Ben Shelton ended Carlos Alcaraz’s title reign in the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history as he pulled out a 6-7, 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 victory in a marathon tussle that ended at 3:33 a.m. Alcaraz had his 18-match winning streak in Grand Slam tour...
John Mazzei, a 57-year-old ballroom-dance instructor from Lindenhurst, New York, has completed six marathons without shoes or socks, drawing stares from cops, cheers from strangers, and a good-luck autograph on his foot from a champion runner. Mazzei didn't start running until he was about 43. Within three months, conventional sneakers had wrecked his knees badly […] The post Long Island dance instructor has run six marathons barefoot — and now he wants Boston appeared first on American Almanac .
John Mazzei, a 57-year-old ballroom-dance instructor from Lindenhurst, New York, has completed six marathons without shoes or socks, drawing stares from cops, cheers from strangers, and a good-luck autograph on his foot from a champion runner. Mazzei didn't start running until he was about 43. Within three months, conventional sneakers had wrecked his knees badly enough to sideline him. He quit, and stayed away for years, until he picked up Christopher McDougall's Born to Run, a book that examines the sports science behind shoeless running. That changed everything. Mazzei ditched the sneakers for good, started conditioning his bare feet on the streets of his Long Island neighborhood, and worked his way up from short distances to a 5K and…Open
Thousands of people crowded the streets to celebrate every Nijmegen marcher who endured the 100-mile crucible during the event’s final victory parade.
A New York Times reporter’s quest to beat the personal best he set 14 years ago took him to a Kenyan village, where the biggest benefit he got was not what he expected.
Kerr broke the record at a Diamond League meet in London where he defeated Moroccan legend Hicham El Guerrouj’s mark of 3 minutes, 43.13 seconds, setting a new record with 3 minutes, 42.66 seconds.
The Relay for America is a 20-day relay where over 250 runners will carry the American flag from San Francisco to Washington, D.C.
90-year-old Bill Schwarz runs his very first marathon in San Diego.
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