Five year-old Kevin West, held by his father Lucas, has his bib number's signed by Joan Samuelson and Meb Keflezighi after the Alcoa Jr. Bix 7 in Davenport, Friday, July 24, 2009.

With Paris 2024 on the horizon, New York City Marathon 2023 has Olympic qualifying implications: 'We want to get the job done' World records at the New York City Marathon: When Beth Bonner and Grete ...

In 1979, Grete Waitz of Norway won the New York City Marathon women’s race in 2:27:33—not only a women’s world record, but a time that would have earned her second place among the men in ...

The combination of hues represents Grete's native Norway (it also commemorates this year’s Olympics in Paris, France) and recalls the jacket she wore in the first women’s Olympic Marathon in ...

After the late running legend Grete Waitz attempted her first marathon in New York in 1978, she found it so grueling that she threw her shoes at her husband, Jack, who was the one who suggested she ...

The 2024 Boston Marathon Celebration Jacket Pays Homage to Running Great Grete Waitz: She ran her first marathon for fun, then went on to become a world champion.

This year's marathon jacket is inspired by Grete Waitz's 1984 run.

Steve Cram won the 1,500, and Eamonn Coghlan took a slow 5,000, Edwin Moses won the 400-hurdles, and Rob DeCastella and Grete Waitz ran away with the marathons.

1978/1983 – Grete Waitz In the late 1970s, New York City Marathon organiser Fred Lebow brought Norwegian distance runner Grete Waitz to run the marathon. Waitz would go on to win every year through ...

Humble beginnings: A look back at the River Run's first edition Long history in Jax: 40 fun things about Gate River Run 1987 Race winners: Arturo Barrios (men), Grete Waitz (women).

Waitz’s husband and coach Jack Waitz has donated Waitz’s autographed 1982 season running shoes. “I am proud about Grete’s contribution to women’s running,” confirmed Jack Waitz. “The whole situation ...