Running behind: Marathons may delay medical care for others

More than 500,000 people finished at least one US marathon in 2015, the past year for which the group Running USA has released its annual report. I am excited. I didn't think I'd be still doing this at nearly 42 years of age. Obviously the body has a lot to do with it.

In this April 17, 1995, photo provided by Carol M. Beach, her husband Ben Beach, age 45, runs along the Boston Marathon course in Newton, Mass. Beach, of Bethesda, Md., is looking to be the first person to run the race 50 years in a row on Monday, April 17, 2017.

With only fourteen days left to go, there was no way to recover in time to make the whole run.

Writing in the April 13 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, the study authors call for citywide strategies that ensure unhampered access for medical crews in a certain radius of major races and other large public gatherings, such as sporting events or parades.

First on his post-retirement agenda is taking ski lessons with his daughters.

"I think I'll make it", he says with what sounds like a dose of apprehension. "[My daughters] haven't done that yet because they need a parent with them".

I'm also a stay-at-home mom. "And camping out - they're definitely interested in camping out".

"The Boston Marathon, and particularly the story we've told in this film-which includes what happened in 2013 and then coming back in 2014-really epitomizes what the marathon is all about", he said.

"[The bombing] changed everything obviously", he says. I vowed I would do everything on my one leg that I'd never done on two and I set my sights on doing the 2017 Houston triathlon. For me and the 36,000 participants in 2014, we just wanted to show our resilience and do something positive after a catastrophic moment for all of us.

Berhanu Hayle won last year's race in two hours 12 minutes 44 seconds after pulling away from twice champion and countryman Lelisa Desisa, who is not competing this year.

Keflezighi says that victory "was the most meaningful victory in my career".

"[When] you train for a marathon, you also put your intestinal tract through training", Clark said. I took a risk and prevailed, and it has a special place in my heart. And even when it isn't physically painful, it's still emotionally hard.

"The Boston Marathon is the marathon of all marathons, but to be able to also have the link of running it with my dad and being able to fundraise money for uncle Steve, I think, means a lot", said Michael, who now resides in Menlo Park, California, and is employed as an economist at social media giant Facebook. After that 2015 trip to Boston, her daughters were, adamant - "You can do that", they said - and now she'll give the 26-mile, 385-yard route from Hopkinton to Boston's Back Bay a try. She has since surpassed that goal, raising more than $10,000. You like to have a day that's good for both.

This year's Boston Marathon is the 50th anniversary since Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to officially enter and run the Boston Marathon. He chose to end his marathon career in NY because that is where it all began. I had run 15 consecutive Bostons up until then. "I had done a 5k and was a record holder in the 10k".

"It was so tough that I thought it was going to be my first and last", admitted McGinnis, who went through the same ordeal in the 2012 race and turned in a time of 3:51:21. And I'm often stretched thinner than I feel comfortable with.

He has gotten a first-hand account of what the race is going to be like. "Her non-profit - 261 Fearless - empowers women to be active and that's something that I believe in so I was easy to get on board".

"Running's still in my blood", he says. Also, in 2013, I had to run it 11 days later, so that was pretty emotional.

"I just think it;s going to be really exciting", Nardo said.

Audibert:"Boston the first half you have to control yourself once you start hitting mile 16 and the four hills about half a mile up". I do recommend trying one marathon in your lifetime.