Local 5’s Lisa Malak emceed the Fox Valley Women’s Fund luncheon Tuesday morning, celebrating women and girls who are shaping ...

Half a century ago, Kathrine Switzer signed up to run the Boston Marathon with her initials: K.V. Switzer. That's because she didn't want her form to stand out from the mens'. With that, the ...

Kristie Colton, a 28-year-old resident of Mountain View, is part of a group of visually impaired climbers who are slated to ...

BOYLE HEIGHTS, LOS ANGELES -- Saying "I ran the Boston Marathon" is easier said than done, right? "It was so exciting," Lizzette Perez, a Boston Marathon runner from Los Angeles, said. "It was one of ...

Nina Kuscsik, who helped break open the boys’ club of long-distance running, challenging sexist attitudes and scientific misconceptions while becoming the first woman to run in the New York City ...

In what has already become an iconic image, a wounded veteran carried his race partner across the finish line at the Boston Marathon on Monday, all while she held an American flag. Earl Granville lost ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Longtime runner Patricia Barrett loves spending time at Philadelphia's Belmont Plateau even if she's not running along its favorite trail. "It's one of the premier cross country ...