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Boston Marathon Standards Get Tougher; Twitter's Feeling the Pressure

The good news? It just got easier to register for the Boston Marathon. The bad news? It also got harder to qualify for the race. Today the Boston Athletic Association announced a new registration process that lets faster qualifiers enter first and also expands a rolling registration period for all runners. Previously,...

Boston Marathon Field Filled in 8 Hours

BOSTON (AP) -- Apparently, getting into the Boston Marathon takes fast fingers, too. The Boston Athletic Association said the 2011 race filled via online registration in just eight hours. Registration opened at 9 a.m. on Monday and closed at 5:03 p.m. During that time, about 26,800 runners registered for the 115th...

Boston Marathon: Ryan Hall, Kara Goucher Both Finish 3rd for U.S.

The Boston Marathon -- a Patriot Day staple -- took place Monday and the results were, well, both shocking and encouraging for the U.S. Ethopia's Deriba Merga and Kenya's Salina Kosgei were the winners of the men's and women's races, respectively, but America managed to place third in each division as well, as Kara Goucher...

Oops! Boston Marathon Plays Wrong National Anthem

This is Lidiya Grigoryeva crossing the finish line at the Boston Marathon yesterday. Grigoryeva is a Russian, and to honor her, the Marathon played the Russian national anthem. Except that it was the wrong national anthem. And it's a mistake Marathon officials have made before:Russians in Boston watching the race - and...

Despite Rain, Boston Marathon Goes On

The weather in the Northeast was so bad this weekend that Boston Marathon officials gave serious thought to canceling today's race entirely, but the race did begin as scheduled this morning.A few miles in, New York Marathon champion Jelena Prokopcuka of Latvia is leading the women's race. Defending champion Ernst Van Dyk...

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05/23/12 Boston Marathon grants 2,160 deferments from heat Source: NBC - WHIZ - Zanesville OH Boston Marathon officials have granted 2,160 deferments into the 2013 race to runners who opted to sit out this year because of the heat.
05/21/12 Cleveland Marathon: Locals battle heat; Sheffield... Source: The Chronicle-Telegram - Elyria OH The conditions were brutal Sunday at the finish line of the 35th annual Rite Aid Marathon.
05/15/12 Dunwoody resident finishes Boston Marathon despite... Source: Dunwoody Crier - Dunwoody GA Scott Rigsby was at a low point in his life when, at Christmas time in 2005, he prayed, "If God would open up a door for me, I would run through it."
05/14/12 Race Report: Country Music Marathon Source: Absolut(ly) Fit Going into my first weekend of spring marathon season, for once, I actually did everything right.
05/08/12 Cooling Headband Introduced for Runners and Athletes... Source: Business Wire With scorching temperatures at this year’s Boston Marathon, runners were scrambling to find unique methods to control their body-temperature.