Runners already face a daunting challenge when they line up at the start of a marathon, but they might increasingly find ...

NEW YORK CITY, November 02 — After 22 years, the venerable New York City Marathon course record was finally toppled.... Read ...

As soon as they got on the boat, Sophie asked the captain for a tourniquet and applied it to Ali’s leg to stop the bleeding – ...

Four months on from winning Britain’s toughest ultra-marathon, where she ran 268 miles across uneven Pennine terrain, Anna ...

As hardcore recreational runners gather pace, more women are being diagnosed with health conditions previously reserved for ...

The research, published today in Current Biology, showed that ultramarathoners can burn an astounding 11,000 calories per day ...

Long before Diana Wojsznis of Portland, Oregon, became an avid trail runner, she was a teenager with unexplained chronic pain. After years of suffering, at 28, she was diagnosed with a severe form of ...

Sports footwear makers should ditch their "shrink it and pink it" approach to women’s running shoes, according to a new study. Researchers say there is a "critical gap" in the design of running ...

Sports footwear manufacturers should ditch the "shrink it and pink it" approach to women's running shoes, because it fails to differentiate women's distinct anatomical and biomechanical needs across ...

CHELSEA, MI — Voters in Chelsea will elect the city’s next mayor at the polls Tuesday, Nov. 4. Two candidates are in the running for the four-year term. The race in the city west of Ann Arbor is ...

The number of calories a person burns during a mile run averages around 100, but there is considerable variation depending on several factors, especially weight. Besides weight, metabolic rate, age, ...

South African track and field Olympian Caster Semenya has ended a seven-year legal challenge against sex eligibility rules in the sport, according to The Associated Press. "Caster’s legal challenge ...