Discover how the reigning Olympic marathon champion has her sights set on the holy grail of women’s distance running as she ...

According to the organizers, the goal is “to get more women out there ... “I’ve learned that finishing a marathon isn’t just an athletic achievement, it’s a state of mind; a state ...

“This is an elite athlete struggling to finish a marathon. It never happened, thank goodness. But that could have changed the course of history for women’s marathoning.” Actually, that race ...

Hassan will headline the women's elite field as she aims to win her fourth marathon in just her fifth attempt at the distance ...

By comparison, half marathon finish times crept upward. Men added two minutes (to 2:05) to their finish times. In contrast, women slowed by four minutes to 2:24. Despite the slowdown, younger ...

Finishing times for each marathon were obtained from public data ... with a 32-second slower finishing time for men and a 25-second slower finishing time for women. These effects were more pronounced ...