VOLUME 25 | The olive wreath tradition represents the ideals for which the citizen-soldiers fought in Marathon over 2,500 years ago: freedom, individual dignity, and the power of democracy.

VOLUME 24 | April 15th marks the 100th time that Boston Marathon runners have begun the 26.2-mile race in Hopkinton, MA.

VOLUME 23 | The past 12 months have been pivotal for us, and I believe we’ll come to look back on 2023 as a genuine turning point in our journey towards a Marathon Center.

VOLUME 22 | Read about the education programs planned for the new International Marathon Center, the Hiller 5k, and a recent presentation we made to the National Hellenic Society.

VOLUME 21 | Management guru Peter Drucker famously asked, ‘If you can’t measure it, how can you manage it?’ Agreed. But what if ‘it’ doesn’t quite yet exist?

VOLUME 20 | We recently learned of the sudden passing of marathon legend and global icon, Rick Hoyt. It was difficult to accept, as we had just seen Rick and his brother Russ speak to the students at the Marathon School in Hopkinton, MA a few days earlier. In true Hoyt fashion, their presentation was nothing short of inspirational.

VOLUME 19 | “A toxic combination of greed, neglect, and an arrogant opposition to prize money,” is how Boston Globe reporter Brian MacQuarrie describes the atmosphere around the race in the early 1980s – and then explains how it was saved by miracles (‘The Forgotten Story of How the Boston Marathon Almost Collapsed’, Globe Magazine, 4/12/23). As the race director in 1983 and 1984, the 26.2 Foundation’s Tim Kilduff had a front-row seat. We asked him, what would he add to the story?

VOLUME 18 | This coming April 17th marks not only Patriot’s Day and so, the 127th running of the Boston Marathon, but also 100 years since the epic race’s start in….Ashland.

VOLUME 17 | The 26.2 Foundation has a limited number of invitational entries available to runners with their sights set on the 127th Boston Marathon, scheduled for April 17, 2023.

VOLUME 16 | Runners from seven countries will make up the 26.2 Foundation’s Team Inspire this year at the 126th running of the Boston Marathon on April 18th.

VOLUME 15 | We hear some compelling stories from our Team Inspire marathoners about why they run. This may be our favorite. It comes courtesy of Marlyssa Ittes of Gilbert, AZ.

VOLUME 14 | The construction of an International Marathon Center took a major step forward this week when the town of Hopkinton, MA announced that it had signed a 99-year lease with the 26.2 Foundation, granting the Foundation a 19-acre site on East Main Street for the IMC's development. The site is located on the Boston Marathon route, less than two-thirds of a mile from the Marathon starting line.

VOLUME 13 | First proposed by black educators and students at Kent State University in 1969 and officially recognized by President Gerald Ford in 1976, Black History Month celebrates vital achievements in the face of adversity. The annual tribute has taken exceptional men and women ‘…from mortal to hero to idol’, as The New York Times said in ‘Everyday Excellence’, but then asked, what of the many exceptional others whose stories are less well known?

VOLUME 12 | What a difference a year makes. These trying times continue, lasting far longer than any of us expected and redefining how we interact with one another – or don’t. So, once again, a heartfelt wish: I sincerely hope this finds you and your family safe and healthy.

VOLUME 11 | We like to say, ‘There’s more to a marathon than running 26.2 miles’ – desire, dedication, commitment, passion, resilience... Our Team Inspire runners proved that when nearly two-thirds of them – 38 – signed up to participate in the B.A.A.’s Boston Marathon Virtual Experience, held September 5-14, 2020.

VOLUME 10 | The Boston Marathon is rather more than simply a 26.2-mile road race. Its inspiration and origins, in 1896, date back to the first modern Olympic Games…

VOLUME 9 | No doubt you’ve heard about the decision to postpone the 124th Boston Marathon to Monday, September 14th. While we fully appreciate the inconvenience this has caused everyone, especially for those traveling from afar, I wanted to take a minute to tell you why we’re happy about this.

VOLUME 8 | "I’m running for Team Inspire in support of the amazing 26.2 Foundation, and adore everything they are about. But the main inspiration is my mom, the strongest lady I know. Training for Boston began, in solidarity, the same day she started her treatments for brain cancer…”

VOLUME 7 | Hopkinton, MA Announces Award of International Marathon Center RFP to 26.2 Foundation.

VOLUME 6 | Team Inspire 2020 will be the largest Boston Marathon team, by far, that the 26.2 Foundation has ever fielded – 65 runners from as far afield as Indonesia and Hong Kong. We asked them why they run. This is what they said.