For distance runners, three letters carry more weight than almost any medal: BQ. A Boston Qualifier, a marathon time fast enough to apply for the Boston Marathon, is the sport’s great amateur ambition, the standard against which hundreds of thousands of runners measure their training. And the bar keeps moving: the Boston Athletic Association tightened … Read more
From the explosive 9.58-second sprint to the gut-wrenching marathon, the world records in running represent the absolute limits of human speed and endurance. They are set by the fastest people who have ever lived, and a few of them have stood untouched for decades while others fall almost every year. So what are the running … Read more
Whether you are a brand new runner or a weekend racer chasing a personal best, one question comes up again and again: am I fast for my age? It is natural to want to know how your pace stacks up, but the honest answer is that “average” depends heavily on your age and sex. A … Read more