The 44th annual Prefontaine Memorial Run is fast approaching and will offer prize money for the first time and a visiting group from New Zealand. The race honoring the late Steve Prefontaine will be ...

Aug. 11—People can sign up online for the 42nd annual Prefontaine Memorial Run, scheduled for Sept. 16. The 10,000-meter run begins at 10:05 a.m. in downtown Coos Bay and has a special designation.

Dugard, a runner and coauthor with Bill O’Reilly of the Killing series, recounts the 1970s marathon boom in this detailed history. He traces the marathon’s origins back to the Greek legend of ...

For Jared Bassett, 10 kilometers is a short racing distance and roads is not his preferred surface for running. But Bassett loves running the Prefontaine Memorial Run and on Saturday became the first ...

Steve Prefontaine, the brash distance-running prodigy who died young 50 years ago, wanted to be a miler. But his top-end speed wasn’t up to snuff for that event. So one day, spotting sprinter Vince ...