HONOLULU, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A 90-year-old woman training for Hawaii's Honolulu Marathon said she is aiming to set a world record by finishing in less than eight and a half hours.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles Marathon will move to Memorial Day, marathon operators said Monday.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- More than 2,000 portable toilets have arrived in New York City to take care of the needs of the thousands expected to compete in the New York Marathon.
KESWICK, England, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Hundreds of British marathon runners stranded by heavy rains and flooding in the country's Lake District have all been found, officials said.
ARCADIA, Calif., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Muhannak came from England to win Saturday's $500,000 Breeders' Cup Marathon at Santa Anita, besting local runner Church Service in the final yards.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A New York elementary school teacher who ran faster than the elite runners competing in a San Francisco marathon has been declared "a winner."
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- VH1 Classic said it will celebrate the upcoming release of AC/DC's new CD by airing a 24-hour marathon of the Australian rock band's work this month.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy said it is honoring a request from the Marathon Petroleum Co. for 250,000 barrels of oil from the nation's petroleum reserve.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Citgo has withdrawn its request for 250,000 barrels of oil from U.S. strategic reserves, while Marathon submitted one, a federal official said Wednesday.
FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic and former top-ranked star Serena Williams were among Tuesday's first-round women winners at the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Samuel Wansiru of Kenya won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the men's marathon, kicking off the final day of competition at the Beijing Games.
BEIJING, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands put on a late burst Thursday to become the first men's Olympic champion in marathon swimming.
BEIJING, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Constantina Tomescu of Romania won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the women's marathon in Beijing.
HOLLYWOOD, July 7 (UPI) -- Turner Classic Movies says it plans to mark this month's 100th anniversary of the U.S. Federal Bureau Investigation by airing a marathon of FBI-themed films.
DETROIT, June 21 (UPI) -- Marathon Oil Saturday started work on a $1.9 billion expansion of its gasoline refinery in Detroit, only hours after receiving state approval.
