A marathon is a 26.2 mile (or 42 km) race that’s usually run along roads or walkways, but may also go through busy cities, along popular beach trails or over hilly or mountainous terrain. Every year, ...

We've seen enough of those little white oval stickers on the rear windows of cars around the region to know exactly how long a marathon is. Those little 26.2 stickers for a full marathon. Stickers ...

On April 21, the storied Boston Marathon will kick off for the 129th time, with more than 24,000 runners winding their way 26.2 miles from Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to Copley Square near the Boston ...

For the second year in a row, the course distance for the PNC Milwaukee Marathon wasn't properly measured, according to Lori Nickel of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. In 2016, the course was ...

Kenyan distance runner Ruth Chepngetich completed the Chicago Marathon in 2:09:56 on Sunday, smashing the women’s full marathon world record. Chepngetich became the first woman to ever run under 2:10 ...