Running Events and Routes

A good half marathon is around 1:45 to 2:00 for most recreational runners. Average times by age and sex, a pace chart, and a calculator.

Wear nothing new on race day, and dress for 10 to 20 degrees warmer than the start line. Race day kit head to toe, plus how to stop chafing.

The best spectator spots along the Chicago Marathon course, plus transit, parking, runner tracking, and what to bring for a long morning out.

Ten good spectator spots along the Boston Marathon route, with the race day schedule, the course map, and how to get around the road closures.

A first marathon step by step: choosing the race, building the training plan, fueling it, and what to do on race day and in the week after.

An ultramarathon is anything longer than 26.2 miles, and the common distances start at 50K. What the races involve, and how they compare to a marathon.

Bubble runs, foam, color powder, an airport runway and a beer mile. Ten US fun runs worth traveling for, and what each one actually involves.

The Murph is a mile run, 100 pull ups, 200 push ups, 300 squats and another mile. The rep scheme, how to train for it, and realistic times.

Ten of the most scenic marathons in the US, from the vineyards of Napa Valley to the streets of Boston, and what each course asks of you.

Ten US half marathons suited to a first timer, chosen for flat courses and generous cutoffs, with what makes each one manageable.