Takeaways from AP report on perils of heatstroke for runners in a warming world

Takeaways from AP report on perils of heatstroke for runners in a warming world

As climate change reshapes the way humans live outdoors, it’s affecting the way they play, too. That includes runners, who may find themselves in harm’s way on a warming planet. They pursue a sport that esteems grit and suffering in pursuit of improvement. Experts told The Associated Press that can be a recipe for heatstroke … Read more

Runners are used to toughing it out. A warming climate can make that deadly

Runners are used to toughing it out. A warming climate can make that deadly

Carolyn Baker, clad in a neon pink top and matching sunglasses, smiled as she ran the Falmouth Road Race on the shore of Cape Cod, looking around for friends as she neared the end of a race she’d completed more than a dozen times before. Suddenly, Baker collapsed, as her exertion on a sunny August … Read more

Marathon Match: Longest U.S. Open match in history goes a grueling 5 hours, 35 minutes

Marathon Match: Longest U.S. Open match in history goes a grueling 5 hours, 35 minutes

NEW YORK — A few hours into a match that eventually set a U.S. Open record for length, Dan Evans glanced over at the scoreboard. Not to see how he was doing, but to clarify exactly how long he had been playing. “In the fourth set, I had to check the set to see what … Read more

Tamirat Tola and Hellen Obiri look to defend titles in New York City Marathon

Tamirat Tola and Hellen Obiri look to defend titles in New York City Marathon

NEW YORK — Tamirat Tola and Hellen Obiri will look to defend their New York City Marathon titles this November. The pair headline strong fields in the annual race around New York’s five boroughs. Tola is coming off a win at the Paris Games where he set an Olympic record in the race. The Ethiopian … Read more

Olympic marathon swim test run is canceled over water quality concerns for Seine River

Olympic marathon swim test run is canceled over water quality concerns for Seine River

PARIS — A test run meant to allow Olympic athletes to familiarize themselves with the marathon swimming course in the Seine River was canceled Tuesday over concerns about water quality in the Paris waterway. World Aquatics made the decision to cancel the exercise at an early morning meeting, spokesperson Torin Koos said. Fluctuating bacteria levels … Read more

Paris mayor is confident that water quality will allow Olympic swimming in the River Seine

Paris mayor is confident that water quality will allow Olympic swimming in the River Seine

PARIS — Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she was confident water quality in the River Seine will be up to Olympic standards this summer — and that she’ll be able to prove it by swimming there, possibly alongside President Emmanuel Macron. The Seine is the venue for marathon swimming at the Games and the swimming … Read more

Will Brennan homers, Guardians beat Red Sox 6-0 to spoil Boston’s Patriots’ Day game

Will Brennan homers, Guardians beat Red Sox 6-0 to spoil Boston’s Patriots’ Day game

BOSTON — Will Brennan hit a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Red Sox 6-0 on Monday in Boston’s traditional Patriots’ Day game. José Ramirez and Gabriel Arias each added an RBI double for Cleveland, which has started 8-2 on the road. Wearing their white jerseys with red … Read more

Switzerland’s Hug recovers from crash to win 7th men’s wheelchair race at Boston Marathon

Switzerland’s Hug recovers from crash to win 7th men’s wheelchair race at Boston Marathon

BOSTON — Switzerland’s Marcel Hug righted himself after crashing into a barrier when he took a turn too fast and still coasted to a course record in the Boston Marathon on Monday, winning the men’s wheelchair race for the sixth time. Hug already had a four-minute lead about 18 miles in when reached the landmark … Read more

Military marchers set out from Hopkinton to start the 128th Boston Marathon

Switzerland’s Hug recovers from crash to win 7th men’s wheelchair race at Boston Marathon

HOPKINTON, Mass. — A group Massachusetts National Guard members early Monday crossed the Boston Marathon start line painted in honor of the town that has hosted the marathon for the past century, launching the 128th edition of the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon. Race Director Dave McGillivray sent the group of about 30 … Read more

Kenya mourns as marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum is given a state funeral

Kenya mourns as marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum is given a state funeral

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s world marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum was given a state funeral Friday following his death in car crash earlier this month, as many Kenyans urged the government to do more to protect the country’s famous athletes. Hundreds of dignitaries — from Kenyan President William Ruto to Sebastian Coe, head of World … Read more