Jezebel: Marathons

Preparing For The Victoria's Secret Show Is Not 'Like Training For A Marathon,' Since Runners Eat Solids

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:20:00 EST

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Is training for the Victoria's Secret runway show actually just like training for a marathon? Well, no, it's not, but the show's stylist sure seems to think it is. More »

Woman Gives Birth After Finishing Marathon, Makes Us Feel Lazy

Erin Gloria Ryan — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:40:00 EDT

A Chicago-area woman commemorated her 39th week of pregnancy by running and walking the Chicago marathon yesterday. And then giving birth. More »

Women Who Run Marathons Alongside Men No Longer Allowed to Set World Records

Erin Gloria Ryan — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:15:17 EDT

In 2003, Britain's Paula Radcliffe finished the London Marathon in 2 hours, 15 minutes, and 25 seconds, the fastest time ever registered by a woman running the 26.2 mile race. Radcliffe's performance that day has been hailed as one of the greatest individual performances in the history of sports, but as of January 1 of next year, that record will be wiped from the annals of marathon world records. Why? Because the London Marathon allows women to run alongside male pacemakers, and officials from the International Association of Athletics Federations have decided that running alongside these men makes women artificially faster. More »

Marathoner Grete Waitz Dead At 57

Sadie Stein — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:41:00 EDT

Grete Waitz won a record 9 New York marathons, but the runner, who died yesterday, will be remembered for much more: says a colleague, "Every sport should have a true champion like Grete...a woman with such dignity and humanity and modesty." [NY Post] More »

Women's Marathons Use Tiaras, Hot Firefighters To Keep Men Away

Anna North — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:38:00 EDT

Men are entering and winning women's marathons — and to keep them out, the race organizers are resorting to some pretty sexist tactics. More »

Human Barbie Injects Daughter With Botox • Gov. Paterson Hoped To "Downplay" Domestic Violence

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:30:00 EST

• Last year, Hannah Burge, then 15, became Britain's youngest Botox user when her mother, the "Human Barbie" and record-holder for most surgically altered, injected her with the toxin. "Appearance is important to me," Burge said. She continued: More »

The Thrill Of Victory, The Agony Of Defeat

Anna Holmes — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:50:00 EDT

[Boston, April 20. Image via Getty]

Call Me...Tired.

Sadie Stein — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:40:00 EDT

The 13th annual Moby-Dick Marathon took place in New Bedford in January. 170 people, including Melville's great-great-grandson and Barney Frank, read the 800-page novel aloud for 24 hours straight. This FT reporter hated it. [FT] More »

Lily Allen Take Note: One In Five Britons Has Sex While Abroad

Jessica G. — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:30:00 EST

Everyone knows that the best part of vacation is sex with foreign strangers! According to a new study, 20% of young UK denizens have sex while abroad, and this may indicate "risky sexual behavior" in terms of using protection against STDs. [Science Daily]