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LA Marathon's 18-Mile Medal Option: The Right Call or a Compromise That Pleases No One?

The LA Marathon is offering medals at Mile 18 due to heat. I make the case for why this serves no one, and what runners should do instead.

3 min readDarren Zwiers

8 March 2026

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The NYC Marathon Hit 1% Acceptance Rate: Here's What That Actually Means

241,000+ applicants. 1% accepted. The lowest rate ever recorded. This is not just scarcity. It is a seismic shift in who gets to run legacy races, and...

4 min readDarren Zwiers

8 March 2026