Topic: Deena Kastor

How to prevent running injuries

Announcing that one is a runner usually brings a litany of injuries that the sport supposedly causes. The benefits of exercise come from your body healing the micro-tears produced by a hard effort; rest makes sure that the healing takes place, instead ...

Meb Keeps Busy in NYC

When the 2009 five-borough marathon winner says New York changed my life, he means he's now very much in demand for TV appearances and parades, for an autobiography and a new philanthropic foundation that bares his name, and for all manner ...

Footloose, by Amby Burfoot

Rejoice, we conquer. Couldn't Pheidippides have found a less hilly route from Marathon to Athens?. All five members of the extended Burfoot family finished today's Athens Marathon, which marked the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon. ) My wife Cristina ...

Hartmann on Life and the Marathon

Even though he ran most of the last ten miles by himself and struggled in the heat, Hartmann completed Sunday's Bank of America Chicago Marathon in a personal best 2:11:06; he was top American and eighth overall. Hartmann has ...

Pregnant Kastor will miss New York City marathon

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. women's marathon record-holder Deena Kastor will miss November's New York City Marathon as she is pregnant, she said Thursday.The child, which will be Kastor's first, is due in March, her management company and ...
Deena Kastor pregnant with 1st child, will miss NYC Marathon in NovemberU.S. marathon record-holder Deena Kastor is pregnant with her first child and will miss the New York City Marathon this fall.Her management company and New York Road Runners said ...

Rudisha's World Record in 800

Wanjiru, Kebede, and Cheruiyot Sign up For Chicago Marathon That's the defending Bank of America Chicago Marathon champion and Olympic gold medalist Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya, 2010 Virgin London Marathon champion Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia, and 2010 Boston Marathon champion Robert ...

Lagat Chases U.S. 3000 Record

That's one of the track and field matters to be determined at the Aviva Grand Prix on Friday in London. Lagat will be taking on local hero Mo Farah, the Brit who won the 5000 and 10,000 at the recent ...

Joan Benoit Samuelson Turns 50

I've known Joan Benoit Samuelson for nearly 25 years, and I don't think there has ever been a time when she was sitting still. I asked Joan if there was anything good about turning 50. " Joan has a rapid-fire delivery ...

• Olympic playlist

" Jay-Z Dara Torres "Immigrant Song" Led Zeppelin Deena Kastor "Beautiful Day" Matt Darey Haley Ishimatsu "Remember the Name" Fort Minor Jessica Mendoza "The World's Greatest" R. Kelly Kaitlin Sandeno "Superstar" Lupe Fiasco Kara Goucher "Move Along" The All-American Rejects Kerri Walsh ...