Deena Kastor News

As he kicked toward the finish line, the man who was about to win Sunday's New York marathon pointed to the U.S.A. emblazoned across his chest as if it meant something significant.

Before Meb Keflezighi was winning a silver medal at the Olympic marathon in 2004 or becoming the first American to win the New York City marathon since Alberto Salazar on Sunday, he ran at New Haven.

It's a great week for the American long-distance running community. Meb Keflezighi won the New York City Marathon on Sunday in 2:09:15, the first American to win the race since Alberto Salazar in 1982.

Deena Kastor, 36, is one of the most accomplished American distance runners of all time.

The winless streak is over in New York as Meb Keflezighi, 2004 Olympic silver medalist and 10,000m U.S. record holder, became the first American champion of the New York City Marathon since 1982 when he broke away from four-time Boston Marathon champion Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot and finished in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 15 seconds this Sunday morning.

Lance Armstrong running the New York City Marathon with Alberto Salazar. Lance Armstrong is best known for his amazing achievements on the bicycle and for raising awareness and funds for cancer research.

Two of the greatest women marathoners of all time, Norway's Grete Waitz and America's Joan Benoit Samuelson, and soon-to-be legend, American Deena Kastor, will participate in a special evening of conversation here hosted by the New York Times.

Just ask Braylon Edwards of the New York Jets . Sometimes a change of scenery is all it takes to make a difference in an athlete's performance.

Kenya's Samuel Wanjiru and Russia's Liliya Shobukhova both scored convincing victories here today at the 32nd Bank of America Chicago Marathon, the penultimate stop for this year's World Marathon Majors series.

CHICAGO –They came from all over the world. Among the elite female athletes vying for the $75,000 first-place prize money at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon was St.

Melissa White of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project in Rochester Hills shaved nearly five minutes off her previous personal-best time to take eighth in the Chicago Marathon today.

Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya won the Chicago Marathon with the fastest time on American soil, finishing in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 41 seconds on a bone-chilling Sunday morning.

Deena Kastor certainly cooked up a way to pass the time while she was on the mend.

UCLA alumnus Meb Keflezighi , the Athens Olympic marathon silver medalist,isn't getting older -- he's getting better.

Deena Kastor is making a return to the Chicago Marathon this weekend to run her first marathon since breaking a bone in her foot at the Beijing Olympics.

To commemorate his 20 years of leadership as the Executive Race Director of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Carey Pinkowski was recognized today by the City of Chicago and Bank of America with an honorary street naming at the site of the race's start line.

CHICAGO - If Carey Pinkowski has learned anything during his two decades as the executive race director of the Chicago Marathon, it's that there are elements out of his control.

Nearly 45,000 runners will hit the streets of downtown Chicago this Sunday with the goal of finishing the 32nd Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

Runners begin the Chicago Marathon. Associated Press file The 45,000 spots for runners of the Chicago Marathon sold out faster than ever at the height of the recession.

British running star and Marathon World Record Holder, Paula Radcliffe, will run the ING New York City Marathon this November.