Valerie Bertinelli plans to run the Boston Marathon to raise money for cancer research. The actress says she recently shed 40 pounds. She says running the famed Boston race will give her a chance to test her endurance. Bertinelli starred in the TV sitcom "One Day ...

Paula Radcliffe, holder of the marathon world record since 2003, will compete in Sunday's New York Marathon as she tries to end the year on a high note after a season of injury frustrations. Radcliffe won here in 2004, 2007 and 2008 and is trying to achieve something that hasn't been done in 27 years when Grete Waitz ...

Two-time Olympic 10,000m champion Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia will race the New York City Maraton on November 1, organizers said Wednesday. Tulu, 37, won Olympic 10,000 metre gold in 1992 and 2000, and took bronze at the 2004 Athens Games. She also captured World Championship gold at 10,000m in 2001 - the same year she finished third in ...

Four-time Boston Marathon winner Robert Cheruiyot and reigning Boston women's champion Salina Kosgei were announced Wednesday as entrants for the New York Marathon. But the race also lost another big name as 2005 New York winner Paul Tergat of Kenya dropped out, joining two-time winner Jelena Prokopcuka of Latvia and Irishman Martin Fagan in skipping the November 1 race ...