Nearly 32,000 runners set out from the Boston Marathon starting line in a show of resilience a year after the bombing that turned the race into a scene of carnage.
For 29-year-old Beijing native Jia Xiaomeng, passing through that finish line in the Monday Boston marathon was a dream come true. That dream began to take shape a year ago when she was just 500 meters from the finish line and the deadly bombings happened.
With an expanded field of runners and the memory of last year's bombings elevating interest in one of the world's great races, the 2014 Boston Marathon could bring an unprecedented wave of visitors and an influx of tourism dollars to the area.
Participants in the upcoming Beijing Marathon will have access to more public toilets that will be clearly marked, the Beijing Youth Daily said on Tuesday.
The 2014 UVU North Pole marathon takes place at a temperature of minus 30 degrees. Run over the classic 42.195km (26.2 miles) marathon distance, it is described as the world's coldest marathon.
A woman fainted during the Suzhou annual half marathon and died later in hospital on Sunday.
Athletes participate in the fourth international Jerusalem marathon March 21, 2014.
Participants run at Tsim Sha Tsui as they compete in the Hong Kong Marathon Feb 16, 2014. More than 75,000 people took part in the 10-km, half-marathon and marathon races in the territory on Sunday, organizers said.
Kenya's Mariko Kiplagat Kipchumba clocked in at 2 hours, 8 minutes and 6 seconds to win the men's title in the 2014 Xiamen International Marathon on Thursday.
British astronaut Tim Peake has run a marathon in space in record time, strapped to a treadmill on the International Space Station as thousands ran the London Marathon below.
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