Kota Reichert and Liza Hitchner are set to be married in two months. The lead up to their wedding day is like most. They’re planning the food. They have to set seating arrangements and coordinate colors. But they also had… Continue Reading
On Saturday, May 9, Benjamin Mears registered for the Eugene Marathon from his apartment in Mountain View, California. And the following morning at 7 a.m., Mears was one of over 5,000 runners who crossed the start line of the ninth… Continue Reading
On Saturday morning, Meredith Faulkner got to check one more item off her runner’s bucket list: she ran across the finish line at Hayward Field. The 130th marathon runner to come across, Faulkner finished her eighth marathon and her first… Continue Reading
Emily Harrison came into the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston, Texas, well trained and prepared. However, that week she developed a cold and a gnarly cough — which caused her to balk around mile 19. Despite the illness, Harrison… Continue Reading
Craig Leon wasn’t planning to run the Eugene Marathon. “It wasn’t until about Thursday or Friday that I decided,” Leon said. “But it was nice weather, a good day. I was like, ‘Oh, I’ll hop in.’” Leon got more than… Continue Reading
Last year’s Eugene Marathon saw almost every course record broken except for one, the men’s half marathon. This year, teammates Andrew Lemoncello and Danny Mercado of Flagstaff, Arizona, kicked hard the last half-mile to go 1-2, and both broke the… Continue Reading
Catherine Watkins knows she is, as far as conventional wisdom is concerned, a little late to the game. “I’m old,” said Watkins. She’s 43. Before 2015, she had run four marathons, merely as a participant. But in the past five… Continue Reading