Read the latest positive news, breakthroughs, and inspiring stories about marathon running, curated daily by BrightWire.
The London Marathon is considering letting elite women run alongside male pacemakers in 2027 to help them chase faster times. The change could help athletes target records after Berlin Marathon star Tigst Assefa came heartbreakingly close to breaking barriers this year.
Retired Marine Col. Hank Donigan ran a marathon days before surgeons removed a golf ball-sized tumor from his brain. Three weeks after his 2023 operation, he was running marathons again.
Marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge proved age is just a number, shattering the Melbourne Marathon record at 41 years old. The two-time Olympic champion even slowed down to wave at fans before crossing the finish line.
The world's fastest marathoners are converging on Chicago this Sunday, where records could fall and comeback stories could be written. Defending champion Jacob Kiplimo, now the third-fastest marathoner in history, leads a field packed with champions ready to make their mark.
After surviving breast cancer twice and enduring 16 rounds of chemotherapy, 30 radiation treatments, and two surgeries, Grace Lombardo is lacing up her running shoes for the Chicago Marathon. Her journey from patient to marathoner shows what's possible when determination meets healing.
Hank Donigan, 71, is gearing up for his 570th marathon just over a year after brain surgery removed a golf ball-sized tumor. The retired Marine colonel has raised over $121,000 for wounded veterans while battling PTSD and cancer.
When a race official tried to physically remove Kathrine Switzer from the 1967 Boston Marathon, she kept running and finished anyway. That single act of defiance helped transform distance running for millions of women worldwide.
A UK runner who broke world records dressed as John Cena finally met his wrestling hero in an emotional encounter. Matthew Akpan's dedication to charity work mirrors the values that made Cena his greatest inspiration.
A Chinese runner just proved that turning pain into purpose can lead to world records. Li Shuangyong ran a full marathon every single day for 372 consecutive days, traveling across China and inspiring nearly a million followers along the way.
A Yorkshire grandmother celebrated her retirement from teaching by running the London Marathon two days later, then went on to complete 125 marathons across all seven continents. Christine Hobson became the oldest woman to finish Antarctica's brutal ice marathon at age 69.
A scary cholesterol diagnosis transformed Dayo Akinbode from a sedentary engineer into a Guinness World Record-holding marathon runner. Her journey proves it's never too late to completely reinvent your health story.
Five years after a stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis, Kristy Shafer is running more miles than ever before. Her story shows how far cancer treatment has come and what survival can look like.