Grete Waitz died of cancer Tuesday, the day after the Boston Marathon, at age 57. She was a pioneer in women’s running, winning the New York City Marathon nine times, despite declaring after her ...

When a running-enthusiast friend gifted me an autographed poster of Grete Waitz in the early 1980s, I couldn’t wait to display this early bit of running memorabilia. Though the sport was still ...

MAGIC MOMENT: Grete Waitz, who died yesterday at 57, ran the 1992 New York Marathon with the late Fred Lebow, who was battling cancer. APGrete Waitz, the legendary Norwegian runner who won nine New… ...

OSLO, Norway — Grete Waitz had never run a marathon before the New York City race in October 1978. After it, her name and New York would be forever linked. The lean Norwegian middle-distance ...

Grete Waitz, whose nine New York City Marathon victories made her one of the dominant runners of the 1980s and helped destroy the notion that women were too delicate to race such long distances, ...

Grete Waitz, the former Norwegian schoolteacher who became a world-class runner and won nine New York City Marathons, died Tuesday in Oslo after a long battle with cancer. She was 57. Waitz capture… ...

The two figures most associated with the New York City Marathon are the great Grete Waitz and the late Fred Lebow. They’re linked by what they’ve done for the race, and for the sport. N… ...

One of the greatest marathoners of all-time, Grete Waitz, passed away last Tuesday, after a long battle with cancer. Waitz's cancer was first reported in 2005, as the legendary distance runner ...

After Grete Waitz passed away Tuesday at age 57, the highest-ranking dignitaries of New York City's running community left little room for argument about her legacy. "I'd put her in the category ...