Author: Charlie Ban

Being a runner never mattered so much to Alex Hetherington until he was doing it all alone.

Throughout high school in Buffalo and college at Kenyon, he put in the miles and raced with his classmates, and liked it. But where his connection to the sport meant the most was when those teams were gone and he was adjusting to his new life after college. In the Marines.

Sometimes it isn’t the people with the loudest voices, or the most clever (or cheesy) signs that pump you up in a race. Sokphal Tun’s motivation came from someone who didn’t even know there was a race.

Contrary to the cliched slogans, Madelyn Chavanne thought the Rock ‘n’ Roll D.C. Half Marathon was, in fact, the best parade ever.

Georgetown alumna Emily Infeld made the U.S. Olympic Track and Field team, the lone American distance runner who grew up, attended college or currently lives in the immediate D.C. area.

Matthew Centrowitz, son of American University coach Matt Centrowitz, made the men’s 1,500 meter team, as did Ben Blankenship, who won the 2013 Crystal City Twilighter 5k.

The National Park Service announced the Beach Drive reconstruction project, initially planned for March 2016, will begin after Labor Day.

A 2-3 year reconstruction project will close alternating portions of the 6.2 miles of Beach Drive within Rock Creek Park, giving the road its first overhaul in in 24 years and runners carte blanche to try out the brand-new pavement in the process.

The rebuilding project for Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park will begin after Labor Day, the National Park Service announced. Manassas resident Bethany Sachtleben will race on the U.S. Mountain […]

Two local distance runners will run for the U.S. team at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland July 19-24.

Diego Zarate, a Northwest High School alumnus now running at Virginia Tech, won the 1,500 meters at the U.S. junior championships in 3:47.53 over Kentucky’s Mohammed Kendall’s 3:48. Zarate has run 3:44.50 for the 1,500 meters. Georgetown’s Spencer Brown was fifth in 3:52.69.

Franklin Field looked a lot different when Arlington’s Kerri Gallagher crossed the finish line June 25.

The stadium in Philadelphia was nearly empty. She saw two women finish ahead of her. It sure wasn’t the Penn Relays.

Kate Murphy knows she can run faster in the 1,500 meters, she just needs competition.

She’ll finally get it July 7, when she races the first round of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials in Eugene, Ore. She’s one of two high school students to qualify and currently has the 17th fastest seed time.