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“In Boston, everyone owns the marathon” — no one understands this sentiment better than the man who voiced it, Tom Grilk. Grilk is the Executive Director of the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.), the non-profit organization that has managed the Boston Marathon since the race’s inception in 1897. A Massachusetts native and one-time member of the legendary Greater Boston Track Club, Grilk joined the B.A.A. as a regular member in 1987 and rose through the ranks to become Executive Director in 2011. Read More
Howling Antarctic wind, rain and snow served up an even greater challenge than a team of fundraisers bargained for with only one member completing the gruelling marathon event.Read More
TripAdvisor Top 25 Destinations in Europe that are available within a Marathon Tours package: 1. London, UK 3. Paris, France 4. Prague, Czech Republic 5. Rome, Italy 6. Barcelona, Spain 10. Budapest, Hungary 11. Florence, Italy 12. Athens, Greece 16. Berlin, Germany 21. Edinburgh, United Kingdom 22. Dublin, Ireland 25. Reykjavik, IcelandRead More
Mother Nature played an exceptionally fickle role at the 17th Antarctica Marathon and Half-Marathon held March 12 and 13, according to Marathon Tours & Travel, the Boston-based race and expedition organizer.Read More
Running through pain, loss and illness is nothing new to marathon runner Don Ross. But running downhill against 60-mile-an-hour winds in Antarctica in mid-March was like nothing Ross had experienced before.Read More
After all that, only Antartica was left. She signed up through Marathon Tours & Travel, an organization that offers travel packages to 42 marathons and half-marathons around the world.Read More
Back in the day, when they used to run an official, if small, ultramarathon between Kentucky’s largest city and its state capital, Bob Platt raced it. Although the distance is almost double that of a regular 26.2-mile marathon, Platt counts it as his Kentucky marathon.Read More
In 2014, Dean Pratt completed all six World Marathon Majors (Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago, New York City) in a single calendar year, becoming one of only a handful of runners (and the first Kiwi) to do so.Read More
Nathan Haywood took up running long distances just eight months ago and this month will run his first ever marathon. That alone is a challenge on a big scale, but the fact he is just a couple of weeks away from ticking off his first marathon is just the start of it. The Invercargill 42-year-old will make his marathon debut in Antarctica in temperatures anywhere between -10 and -30 degrees.Read More
Canadians Stacey Collie and Rachel Rauwerda are travelling to the world’s southernmost continent to run the Antarctica Marathon. What makes the story even better is that the two are running the entire race in penguin onesies complete with a slide across the finish line.Read More
