Most people can’t imagine completing a marathon. But it’s almost unfathomable to think about running all 26.2 miles while wearing a pair of flip-flops! That’s exactly what Keith Levasseur did when he ran the Baltimore Marathon in a spectacular time of 2:46:58 while wearing flip-flops. While his feat left his feet sore and raw from [...] Read More

On a day when runners should be celebrating National Running Day, the long-distance running community is instead defending itself over the claims of an article published in the June issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The journal sent a dumbed down press release to the media, and media outlets around the globe published articles with headlines [...] Read More

Yesterday’s post was about Diana Nyad’s attempt to swim the Florida Strait at the age of 61. Now, 98-year-old Sensei Keiko Fukuda has defied her age to become the first woman to earn a tenth-degree black belt (the highest level possible) in Judo. Only sixteen people have ever achieved this rank, four of which are [...] Read More