The history of the marathon's distance is rooted in the very spirit for which the Olympics were created, and an event that occurred in 1908.

The trek from the SeaWalk Pavilion to Pete's Bar may not measure up in the athletic category to some of the other events on ...

Every year, roughly 1.1 million people complete a marathon—26.2 miles of uninterrupted running. Those finishers represent 0.01% of the world’s population. The history of the marathon dates ...

Winning your NFL fantasy football league is a marathon, not a sprint. And so is losing — as Cole Bray, a sophomore at Wake ...

A Storyville documentary that tells a story of transformation and second chances as three men sentenced to life for murder undertake running a marathon around a crowded prison yard. Show more ...

It's not the full 26.2 miles. It's not even the half marathon distance of 13.1 miles. The trek from the SeaWalk Pavilion to Pete's Bar may not measure up in the athletic category to some of the ...