Have you ever been daydreaming mid-run and wondered why the distance you are training for is exactly 42.195 kilometres? It ...

Is running a tale as old as time? Pretty much. Here's Olympian and running coach Steph Davis with a brief history of ...

The story of the Athenian messenger Pheidippides, whose remarkable running achievement inspired the modern marathon, has been told many times – but there has been much confusion and contradiction in ...

Conveyed as an epic poem, this new account of the origin of the marathon consigns other versions to history’s landfill The story of the Athenian messenger Pheidippides, whose remarkable running ...

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.

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 ...

There are running shops – and then there’s Hoka’s Run Stop Corner Stop. Opening to the public on Friday 17 January, this immersive store in East London promises to elevate the shopping ...

When you hear the word “marathon,” it doesn’t refer to a 5K or 10K race. It’s one specific distance: 42.195 kilometers. Why that odd number? The marathon dates ...

A marathon is 26.2 miles (based on the distance Pheidippides supposedly ran to inform Athens of victory after the battle of Marathon). This still left the question of the length of a hamster’s ...