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Playing Through
Participating in the Austin Marathon is straight-up crazy, and incredibly admirable
"...people willingly subject themselves to the torture of running marathons. But I'm not sure that I really do...."

Feb. 22, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

Playing Through
Have marathoners found the Answer?
"...You get the same exuberant certainty around marathoners. Wherever I've lived, if there's a marathon in town,..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Column by Thomas Hackett

Devoted Marathoner Keeps Running and Inspiring at Age 79
UT instructor and running coach Karen Ostlund keep up the pace
"...around a track near her neighborhood. She’s run 100 marathons and nearly 400 half marathons, and she continues to..."

May 9, 2022 Sports Post by Dina Barrish

City of Austin "Major Events" Roster
The city lists over 400 days’ worth of events from the Commitment Day 5K on Jan. 1 to the New Year’s Celebration on Dec. 31. The full list is posted here.
"...Saturday)1/5/20131/5/2013 Farmer's Market1/5/20131/5/2013 Farmers Market (every Saturday)1/12/20131/12/2013 3M 1/2 Marathon1/13/20131/13/2013 Farmers Market (every Saturday)1/19/20131/19/2013 Gorilla Run1/19/20131/19/2013 MLK Community Celebration1/21/20131/21/2013..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature

Naked City
"...will lace up his running shoes for the Austin Marathon, Sunday, Feb. 18, as part of a four-city running..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature

Guide to Austin Improv
The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown
"...program), and the annual Improvised Play Festival (April), Improv Marathon (June), and WaffleFest (November). The style of improv (as..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Have Food, Will Travel
West Texas' wee oasis of fine dining is just six hours of driving from Austin
"...The tiny West Texas towns of Marathon and Marfa never cease to amaze me. I go..."

July 24, 2009 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Naked City
Austin Stories
"...Carter and Brooke Bruce, whose large new home on Marathon Ave., with its 12-foot ceilings and two-story garage, has..."

June 29, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

The Greening of George W. Bush
An industry pollution control program started backed by Gov. George W. Bush has cleaned less than 3% of the industrial toxic emissions it aimed to clean up.
"...guidance of two oil company executives: V.G. Beghini of Marathon Oil Company and A.L. Condray of Exxon, USA. Bush..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

TV Eye
Hankering for millennium specials? Got 27 hours to kill? Find out what's in store this holiday season on the boob tube.
"...to be Y2K-ready with Peter Jennings anchoring a 27-hour marathon (that's right, 27) following the ringing-in of the new..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye
How to escape turkey afterburn and family overkill
"...episodes of Saturday Night Live on Comedy Central. The marathon begins at 9am and continues through the rest of..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Naked City
Big events such as concerts and fun runs may soon disappear from Auditorium Shores.
"...charity events and major runs such as the Motorola Marathon and Capitol 10,000, and an end to the big..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Day Trips: Best of Texas
Five best roadside attractions around Texas
"...nearly as soon as it arrived in 2005. Target Marathon, a white cinder-block shack adorned with the bulls-eye logo..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Ora’s Last Stand?
Running circles around City Council
"...week's extended discussion over the route for the Austin Marathon (scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019), which moved into..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Improvising All Night Long! Twice!
The Hideout's annual improv marathon extends to 48 hours
"...in the footsteps of participants in eight previous improv marathons at the Hideout, which has been growing in length..."

June 21, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Running to Daylight
Blind runner and teacher determined to see what he can do
"...as often as he could. He ran his first marathon in Fort Worth in 1991. The New York Marathon..."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Put the T and V in Thanksgiving
Holiday specials to ease you through the food coma and into the weekend
"...• 3pm, ABC Family: Charlie Brown movie marathon: ABC Family screens a marathon of some favorite Peanuts..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Live Shots
The Montreal Jazz Festival skronks Zornumental
"...shows that is, except for maybe John Zorn's Masada Marathon. And NYC's Bonnie & Clyde, Lou Reed & Laurie..."

July 9, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

After a Fashion
In between TV marathons, Stephen Skip-Bos to his Lou all over town at the functions he can still make it to
"...I was, immobile on the couch, subjected to a marathon of The Real Housewives of Atlanta because I had..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Event Street Closures: Compromise Ordinance Doesn't Solve Barricades
Stakeholders agree on a proposal for closing streets for special events
"...and that's a good thing," says John Conley, Aus­tin Marathon executive director and a task force member. "Certainly it..."

June 5, 2009 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Run Fatboy Run
Funnyman Simon Pegg stars in this soft and plodgy rom-com: Sadly, this by-the-numbers redemption tale careens uncomfortably from sentimentality to stomach-turning sight gags.
"...for Libby and her son, is also an impassioned marathon runner. In one of those it's-so-crazy-it-might-work … in-a-movie moves,..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Film News
Reporting from the starting line of the SXSW marathon
"...mused what came next. "We're thinking of running a marathon," she said. This past Sunday, she, bridges producer Stacy..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Coming Soon
Trend Watch
"...Check listings for airtimes. A Sex and the City marathon follows on New Year's Eve. All 14 episodes from..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye
Chick dramas: we just don't get it; also, what to watch this witching weekend
"...Saturday, 10/30: Godzillathon! (noon, AMC): a 16-hour marathon, starring the famous Japanese lizard. Godzilla, King of the..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Football and Parades
"...Marathons are the norm now. In between the famous Macy's..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

John Carpenter Lit Up By El Rey
Legendary director first guest in "The Director's Chair"
"...The show kicks off a mini-marathon of Carpenter films, with The Fog (1980) Assault on..."

May 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

News Ticker: April 16
All the news that's fit to blog
"...A few new details have emerged in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. Although officials warn that they have no..."

April 16, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Who Says You Can't Do These Things If You Want To?
Not us, chief; contrariwise, this weekend.
"...in town, The Hideout, is doing a 43-Hour Improv Marathon, in which eight performers will, by themselves or with..."

May 31, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

TV Eye
The Walking Dead's short season makes the case for more quality, less quantity
"...aired last year. So I looked forward to a marathon screening last week, thinking I might peek at the..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Sore Muscles? Put Some Tape on 'Em!
Austin Marathon runners learn about kinesiology tape
"...As thousands of Austin Marathon participants hit the streets Sunday – many of them..."

Feb. 13, 2010 Sports Post by Nora Ankrum

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