How to Get Past ‘Did Not Finish’

By BY MICHAEL MALONE from NYT Sports Some marathon runners end up with a final result listed as D.N.F. Getting back to the start line of another race can be that much more meaningful.https://nyti.ms/3oTViWe

6 Marathons in 6 Weeks

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports In her quest to run all six major marathons in this closely packed fall season, Flanagan will run Chicago on Sunday and Boston on Monday.https://nyti.ms/3vx9c3r

How Top Runners Reframe Their Races

By BY TALYA MINSBERG from NYT Sports “Out there, you have to do whatever you can to stay positive, and I did stay positive the whole time. That was a win in itself,” Sara Hall said after placing third in the Chicago Marathon.https://nyti.ms/30zF77T

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Canceled flights and train delays: We’re happy to have made it, some runners say.

By BY ALEXANDRA E. PETRI from NYT Sports Cancellations by Southwest and other airlines affected some Boston Marathon runners.https://nyti.ms/3FALjMJ

Joan Ullyot, Debunker of Limits on Women Who Run, Dies at 80

By BY ANNABELLE WILLIAMS from NYT Sports Dr. Ullyot argued in her research, and showed over miles and miles in competition herself, that, yes, women are built to run marathons. Olympic officials finally agreed.https://nyti.ms/3rRvhI0

Why Aren’t Races Requiring Vaccination?

By BY MATT FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports The Boston Marathon and the New York City Marathon are making triumphant returns this fall. Neither is requiring vaccination for participants.https://nyti.ms/3wn4WT2

The Boston Marathon Field Is Really Fast

By BY MATT FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports Runners are ready to race again. The Boston Marathon was oversubscribed by more than 9,200 qualifiers.https://nyti.ms/3vUWMRH

Dick Hoyt, Who Ran Marathons While Pushing His Son, Dies at 80

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports He finished more than a thousand road races with his son Rick, who was in a wheelchair. They were best known for competing in the Boston Marathon.https://nyti.ms/3rZAyMQ

There Will Be Marathons This Fall. But What Will They Look Like?

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out most major road races through this spring. Marathon organizers are hoping their events can return this fall with new protocols and precautions.https://nyti.ms/38tOWVX

Boston Marathon Canceled for the First Time

By BY TALYA MINSBERG AND MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports The race, which had been postponed to Sept. 14 from April 20, was canceled on Thursday for the first time in its 124-year history.https://nyti.ms/2XbENrD

Missing Boston, and a Bus Ride, on Marathon Day

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports There is nothing like the Boston Marathon. Patriots’ Day without the race, and that magical trip to the start line, feels empty.https://nyti.ms/2VJ1KQX

The Day the Running Statues Donned Masks

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports A former Boston Marathon champion put a mask on a running statue, thinking it might deliver a message of health. Then he thought, what if all the running statues had masks?https://nyti.ms/2UQT4sE

With the Boston Marathon Postponed, Des Linden Hits the Couch

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports Linden was planning to run two marathons 51 days apart. Nuts? Her blood work suggested it wasn’t. Then a pandemic intervened.https://nyti.ms/3ablDX2

Uphill Skiing at 75: ‘There’s No One Left in My Category’

By BY SHAUNA FARNELL from NYT Sports Sharon Crawford, a multisport athlete from Colorado, is still competing, still going against gravity and against the grain, at age 75. “I’m more of an endurance person,” she says.https://nyti.ms/2up2wsN

A Year After Her Breakthrough, Shalane Flanagan Runs On

By LINDSAY CROUSE from NYT Sports Flanagan drew wide admiration last year when she became the first American since the 1970s to win New York. She was supposed to retire. She didn’t.https://nyti.ms/2PaHveL

After Boston, Des Linden Tries to Conquer New York

By JEN A. MILLER from NYT Sports On a miserable day in Boston in April, Linden won a major marathon after a dozen years of trying. Can she repeat the feat in New York? https://nyti.ms/2EYlHOJ

Where Training for the New York City Marathon is a Reality Show

By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports At NAZ Elite, there is no secrecy. From training logs to workout videos, nearly everything is public. Want advice about something? Just ask. https://nyti.ms/2ADaoY8

Yuki Kawauchi Is Distance Running’s Elite Oddball

By JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports Kawauchi, the Boston Marathon winner, is known as Citizen Runner and combines racing with a government job. He is about to compete in his ninth marathon of the year. Most top runners do two.https://nyti.ms/2Qs4Uo4

Shalane Flanagan Will Defend New York City Marathon Title at Age 37

By LINDSAY CROUSE from NYT Sports She won the New York Marathon last year at 36. Now, after taking a good long while to consider retirement, she will try to do it again.https://nyti.ms/2Be5P8N