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Boston reinforced the lesson I continue to learn time and time again: the marathon is the ultimate “tough love” teacher, and the lessons it teaches are humility, adaptability and don’t you dare give up-ity. Anyone can finish a race when they’re feeling good & running strong — but if you have a weakness the marathon will find it, exploit it and beat on it until you’re ready to throw in the towel.Read More
This globetrotting teacher is getting ready to run in her ninth county. NBC 5 On Your Side Story.Read More
One of the more accomplished athletes on the Big Island is a mailman you probably never heard of, a runner who has never won a race, but has a message that just might save someone’s life. Because of a strain of diabetes that runs through his family, and through him, Harvey Nakasone’s four-word message applies specifically to Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics, but more generally applies to anyone, not just those with high blood sugar levels. Read More
“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
