Every time someone runs a marathon, they metaphorically retrace steps taken during one of the most momentous events in world history, the Battle of Marathon in 490BCE. A few thousand Athenian and Parthian soldiers, led by the warrior Miltiades destroyed … Read more

The idea of the Japanese coach as some sort of Zen Master probably began with Kiyoshi Nakamura, the legendary advisor to 1980′s marathon superstar, Toshihiko Seko. That image, nurtured by Nakamura, and promoted both by Seko and another devotee, Japan-based … Read more

If the Battle of Marathon had been scheduled for today, the Persians would not even have made it off their boats, to line up against the Athenians, such were the choppy seas and torrential rain on the bay of the … Read more

As one marathon world record holder fails a fitness test, another prepares, once again, to test the limits of his longevity. There is barely eight months difference in age between Paula Radcliffe, at 35, and Haile Gebrselassie, 36, and they … Read more