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

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A Prank Gift Propels an Underdog to New Heights in the Marathon

By BY TALYA MINSBERG from NYT Sports Keira D’Amato thought her dreams of a professional running career were over. Now, as a 36-year-old mother of two, she’s a podium contender at the Chicago Marathon.https://nyti.ms/3uzqfkE

Ready, Set, Don’t Get Injured

By BY TALYA MINSBERG from NYT Sports Marathon season is upon us for the first time since 2019. But, a doctor warns, “Your body right now is not the same body you had two years ago, so you’ve got to pay attention to that.”https://nyti.ms/3C76KT6

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

Runners’ Races Were Canceled. Their Coaches Filled the Void.

By BY MICHELLE HAMILTON from NYT Sports Coaches and agents were desperate to help their athletes compete in a year void of competition. So they created a marathon themselves, and watched the list of the fastest American marathons times get rewritten.https://nyti.ms/2WAT1kN

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

Olympic Trials Marathon: ‘We Wanted to Give a Party, and Everybody Is Coming’

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports Organizers expected about 400 people to race in Atlanta on Saturday. There will be nearly 700, accompanied by some 4,000 water bottles.https://nyti.ms/2T7hD3P

A Marathon at Midnight, to Beat the Heat at the World Championships in Doha

By BY SCOTT CACCIOLA from NYT Sports Most of the athletes at the track and field world championships in Qatar are competing in an air-conditioned stadium, but a 26.2-mile marathon course defies such amenities.https://nyti.ms/2nrEEkl