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After a year's delay, a 40-year-old completed his family's cherished 18-mile race in 30 mph winds and pouring rain, becoming the first Brower to run it in years. Four generations have crossed the finish line since 1973.
A son's promise to his late father brought two families from Germany to Punjab for a traditional Sikh wedding. The five-day celebration honored a migrant's unfulfilled dream from four decades ago.
Six siblings from Minnesota's first family of running are competing together at Grandma's Marathon's 50th anniversary. Olympic marathoner Joe Klecker aims for an American record in the half-marathon while his parents and siblings cheer him on.
Hundreds gathered along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for Springfield's Juneteenth Unity Parade, kicking off the city's 32nd annual celebration. The eight-day festival is now Springfield's longest-running community event, bringing together residents for music, education, and cultural pride.
A Canmore teen combined months of ecological study with family fishing tradition to set two world records for bull trout. His secret wasn't luck—it was treating angling like a science project.
After beating acute leukemia in 2018, Angie Hejl now volunteers at the cancer walk that inspired her recovery. Three generations of her family walk together each year to celebrate survivors and honor those lost.
David "The Bullet" Smith holds world records for being shot farther and higher out of a cannon than anyone in history. Now he's hoping his own teenagers will carry on the death-defying family tradition that spans three generations.
After two years of early mornings and heat exhaustion, Jakob Mackey-Frazier proved doubters wrong by catching a world record grass carp at a park everyone said wasn't worth fishing. His 71-pound catch shattered the previous record and put Sioux City's Bacon Creek Park on the map.
After beating rare cancer and losing his father, Patrick Suplicki turned his basement into a Packers shrine and earned the ultimate fan recognition. The Stevens Point grandfather now shares his love for the Green and Gold with three grandchildren.