School teacher Andy Buchanan learned a lot to become Australia's faster marathon runner, but a powerful lesson came from a former AFL player in his classroom.
Murray Wenzel
The elevation of the Sydney Marathon to an illustrious run club is expected to be a boon for elite athletes, joggers and Australian tourism providers.
Luke Costin
Dutch distance runner Abdi Nageeye has won the men's race at the New York City Marathon while Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui took the women's honours.
Staff Writers
The New York Marathon will be run on Sunday and the field is packed with big names despite it being in an Olympic year.
Amy Tennery
Ruth Chepngetich has clocked a remarkable new world record in the marathon, becoming the first woman to break 2 hours 10 minutes for the distance in Chicago.
Australian wheelchair racing great Madison de Rozario has claimed a dominant victory at the Sydney marathon.
John Salvado
Andy Buchanan will make his Olympic debut in the marathon for Australia after good mate and national record holder Brett Robinson was forced out with injury.
Lawrence Cherono, who won the Boston and Chicago marathons and was world No.1, has been banned for seven years after testing positive for a banned substance.
Organisers are investigating a half marathon race in Beijing after three African runners appeared to let China's top long-distance runner sprint to victory.
Australian wheelchair athlete Madison de Rozario has made the podium at the Boston Marathon, coming third behind British winner Eden Rainbow-Cooper.
Kelvin Kiptum, the marathon world-record holder from Kenya, has died in a road accident in the Rift Valley at the age of 24.
Brisbane runner Tim Franklin’s feet have taken him to the brink of a 26,232km journey around the globe.
Glen Quartermain
Ethiopian marathon debutants Tigist Ketema and Addisu Gobena have respectively won the women's and men's marathon races in Dubai.
Tamirat Tola has set a new course record to win the New York Marathon men's race while Hellen Obiri sprinted to the women's crown.
In only his third elite marathon, Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum has taken more than half a minute off the world record, winning in Chicago in two hours, 35 seconds.
This year's Sydney Marathon had more participants than any previously held in Australia as the city looks to join the highest tier of world-class races.
Duncan Murray and Kathryn Magann
African runners have dominated the women's marathon at the world athletics championships in Budapest as Australia's Lisa Weightman finished in 16th place.
The great Dutch distance runner Sifan Hassan reckoned that she had only entered the London Marathon to see if she could finish it - but she ended up winning.
Madison de Rozario has demonstrated her wheelchair racing brilliance again by winning a second London Marathon title.
Ian Chadband
An Australian-based Scot who finished third in the Manchester-Liverpool ultra-marathon in the UK has been disqualified after it emerged she used a car for 4km.
Evans Chebet and Hellen Obiri won a Kenyan double in the men's and women's Boston Marathon with Australia's Madison de Rozario second in women's wheelchair.
Eliud Kipchoge will make his Boston Marathon debut on Monday in the 127th edition of one of the world's most famous races.
Jimmy Golen
This year's London Marathon promises to be one of the best yet with four of the five fastest men in history trying to win the race.
Erchana Murray-Bartlett is set to enter the world record books after finishing the last of 150 consecutive marathon runs.
Cassandra Morgan
