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Abel Kipchumba, Fotyen Tesfay win BAA Half Marathon

Keira D’Amato (1:09:12) and Sam Chelanga (1:02:49) posted course-record times for American runners.

Tamirat Tola sets NYC Marathon course record to win men’s race; Hellen Obiri takes women’s title

Tola finished in 2 hours, 4 minutes, 58 seconds, topping the 2:05.06 mark set by Geoffrey Mutai in 2011.

He was ready to quit. Then he started to run. More than 50 marathons later, he’s ready to create a museum.

Running helped turn Jean-Paul LaPierre’s life around, and now he is looking for a way to display The Boston Running Museum Archives, a collection of nearly 10,000 pieces of running memorabilia he has amassed over 25 years.
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Only one thing could make this Bostonian slow down at the Chicago Marathon: A kitten in distress

Sarah Bohan, who has lived in Boston since 2015, was running a personal-best pace. “My instinct kicked in and human nature kicked in,” she said of rescuing the animal during the race.

Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya shatters men’s marathon world record in Chicago

Kiptum, who won the London Marathon in April, broke the mark set by fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge in Berlin in 2022.

Kathrine Switzer helped spark a revolution in women’s running: ‘If you want to lift a woman up, show her how to run’

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Kathrine Switzer recounts becoming first woman to enter and run the Boston Marathon, and coach Bob Rothenberg looks ahead to Sunday’s Women’s Classic 5K in Providence.

As 2024 Boston Marathon qualifiers are notified, more than 11,000 runners learn they didn’t make the cut

After two years without turning back a qualified runner, the BAA had to leave 11,000 "BQ" athletes without a bib for April's race.
Bombing Remembrance

Family and friends of Martin Richard run the race in his memory

‘The hope feels stronger today’: Boston Marathon bombing survivors, families, responders, reflect at finish line memorial 10 years later

He captured the image that told the story of the Boston Marathon bombing. Ten years later, he finally met the subject.

One Boston Day: How the city is marking 10 years since the Marathon bombings

MARATHON
Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa shatters women’s world record in Berlin Marathon
Assefa lowered the women's mark by more than two minutes in a stunning performance. She broke the mark set by Brigid Kosgei in 2019 in Chicago.

Running
At Berlin Marathon, Tigst Assefa shatters women’s world record, Eliud Kipchoge wins fifth men’s title
Assefa, of Ethiopia, broke the women’s world record by more than two minutes, lowering the mark to 2 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds.

Boston Marathon
Record number of runners register for Boston Marathon, but not all will be able to participate
The BAA received a record-setting 33,000 qualifier applications for the 2024 Boston Marathon.

Boston Marathon
Boston Athletic Association expands and enhances its commitment to wheelchair and para athletes
More para divisions and a boost in prize money are among the initiatives announced by the organizers of the Boston Marathon on Thursday.

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World champion Tamirat Tola headlines an elite field for the Sydney Marathon
The Sydney Marathon, a hopeful entrant to World Marathon Majors, will take place Sept. 17 and will be lead by world champions, including Tamirat Tola and Judith Jeptum Korir.

Real-life Forrest Gump: A Rhode Islander’s 3,000-mile run across the country
Not an elite runner, Timmy Zhou, 22, set out to run coast to coast, gaining a social media following and some running buddies along the way.

Registration for 2024 Boston Marathon to open in September

Qualifying standards across all divisions will remain the same as they were for the 2023 race, and the field will remain at 30,000 participants.

Rick Hoyt, who pioneered duo wheelchair road racing to ‘motivate people and inspire them,’ dies at 61

"He was my motor, I was his heart," Mr. Hoyt said of his years-long teaming with his late father, Dick, who pushed his wheelchair in 32 Boston Marathons.

Boston Marathon legend Rick Hoyt dies at 61

Rick Hoyt, who for years completed the Boston Marathon in a wheelchair famously pushed by his father, died Monday morning, a little more than two years after his dad’s death, the family said.

R.I. trail named for ‘Tarzan’ Brown, the Narragansett Indian who won two Boston Marathons

The Nature Conservancy in Rhode Island names a three-mile loop for Brown in the 1,100-acre Carter Preserve in Charlestown, R.I.

Who were the most-tracked runners in the 2023 Boston Marathon?

The Boston Athletic Association shared data from its tracking app, which was launched about a week before the race.

Five months ago, she was about to be taken off life support after a traumatic brain injury. This week she finished the Boston Marathon.

As Rachel Foster embarked on a grueling rehabilitation, she set her sights on a seemingly impossible goal — to run the Boston Marathon in April.

BAA says it ‘did not deliver’ on promise of inclusive Marathon after police interaction with racially diverse run clubs

Members were cheering near Heartbreak Hill when a large group of Newton police officers blocked the spectators from interacting with runners.

Marathon incident between police and spectators highlights running’s diversity problem, some say

Many spectators and runners say they felt disturbed by the BAA’s decision to call police on a festive gathering of Black people engaging with runners the same way as many others.

‘Eli would have wanted me to be there’: Cheri Blauwet returned to the Marathon finish line weeks after her husband died

The physician and Paralympian is mourning her husband, an advocate for athletes with disabilities who died two weeks ago. But she knew it was important to still show up for race day.

Members of racially diverse running clubs say police singled them out at Boston Marathon

Newton Police said in a statement that they showed up after the Boston Athletic Association called them multiple times following reports that spectators were impeding runners.

Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema finishes another Boston Marathon

Sinema is one of the few notable participants who didn't make it known publicly she was running until after the race — just as she did for 2022.

A bald eagle suit, a ‘running moon,’ and an assist at the finish line: Stories you may have missed from the Boston Marathon

Marathon Monday is chaos. Runners gasp toward the finish. Boylston Street is littered with plastic blankets and discarded water bottles. The cheers, the signs, the celebrations — it’s easy to miss the little moments. Here’s a collection of what Globe reporters saw on the course.

Red Sox

World awaits Craig Breslow’s first move in Sox big chair, but suggestions are he’s willing to deal

Some six weeks into his tenure, Boston's chief baseball officer characterized the Sox as not feeling a need to wait for the perfect situation to make a move.

Pitching still the priority as Craig Breslow unveils new Red Sox director of pitching

Justin Willard spent six years with the Twins, three as minor league pitching coordinator.

The Dodgers’ Mookie Betts, a Gold Glove outfielder, set to move to second base in 2024

A strong-armed outfielder, Betts played 107 games in right field for the reigning NL West champions last season.

Patriots

Jaguars lose Trevor Lawrence, then fall to backup Jake Browning, Bengals in OT

Jacksonville fans watched in horror as their star quarterback was carried off injured, and then Cincinnati's reserve QB guided the visitors over the stunned Jaguars.

Bailey Zappe talks re-signing with Patriots after getting cut, Mac Jones’ help, and more on WEEI

Zappe failed to lead a scoring drive in his first start of the season.

Cowboys-Seahawks Thursday night game sets record for Amazon Prime Video and NFL streaming

According to Nielsen and Amazon, the game averaged 15.26 million on Prime Video and on local broadcast stations in Seattle and Dallas.

Bruins

Bruins assistant GM Jamie Langenbrunner hits a career peak as a US Hockey Hall of Famer

A two-time Stanley Cup winner and a postseason standout, Langenbrunner will be inducted Wednesday.

BC women’s hockey coach Katie King Crowley gets Hall of Fame recognition, but she’s far from finished

Crowley, the BC coach since 2007 and a former star winger at Brown and on the US Olympic team, will be inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame Wednesday.

Few have lived a hockey life like Joe Bertagna, who will receive the NHL’s Lester Patrick Award this week

Bertagna perhaps is best known for his long tenures as commissioner of ECAC Hockey (15 years) and later Hockey East (23 years).

Celtics

Celtics’ loss of composure in Indiana shows championship dreamers have some growing to do

They still have the league’s best record, but damn sure wanted to go to Vegas for the In-Season Tournament semifinals. They blew their chance because they were lured into a style they aren’t very good at.

Pacers’ inspired finish eliminates Celtics from In-Season Tournament

The Pacers got 26 points, 10 rebounds, and 13 assists from Tyrese Haliburton to move on to Thursday’s East semifinal in Las Vegas.

Celtics’ Jayson Tatum takes home Eastern Conference Player of the Month honors

The October/November award gives him the third-most monthly honors in Celtics history, trailing Paul Pierce’s four and Larry Bird’s seven.