Shalane Flanagan News & Updates

Marathon Champ Shalane Flanagan Still Feels Like Her 'Best Self' When She's Running

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Nov 05, 2024 • Yahoo

How Shalane Flanagan Ran Six Fast Marathons in Seven Weeks

Last fall, four-time Olympian and marathon great Shalane Flanagan came out of retirement to pursue t...

Jan 01, 2022 • Yahoo

New York City Marathon will be the sixth marathon in six weeks for Shalane Flanagan

Shalane Flanagan called it "a total running eclipse." When the dates for the world's major marathons...

Nov 05, 2021 • Yahoo! Sports

Running Legend Shalane Flanagan Plans to Run 6 Marathons in 42 Days: 'I've Fallen Back in Love'

Two years after Shalane Flanagan retired from running, she will pound the pavement once again to run...

Sep 20, 2021 • People

Shalane Flanagan Aims to Finish Her Sixth Marathon in Six Weeks—On Two Rebuilt Knees

When former New York City Marathon champion Shalane Flanagan retired from racing in 2019 and schedul...

Nov 02, 2021 • Wall Street Journal

Who is your favorite individual sport Tar Heel?

We all remember the great Tar Heel teams, but what about those athletes who play individual sports?...

Jun 06, 2026 • SB Nation on MSN

I Walked During My First Marathon — but Hey, Olympian Shalane Flanagan Said I Could!

When heat, humidity and cramps hit during the Chicago Marathon, I thought back to what Shalane Flana...

Oct 18, 2021 • People

Shalane Flanagan's feat of running marathons on back-to-back days is 'frankly inhuman,' according to an Olympic breakout star

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Nov 05, 2021 • Yahoo

Shalane Flanagan NYC Marathon victory triggers Girl Power movement

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Shalane Flanagan's victory put female American distance runners in the spotlight ...

Nov 03, 2018 • abc7NY

Shalane Flanagan, Geoffrey Kamworor win TCS New York City Marathon

NEW YORK -- Shalane Flanagan became the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon in 40...

Nov 04, 2017 • abc13

Shalane Flanagan completes her sixth marathon in 42 days, finishing New York City Marathon: "The city made me fly"

Long distance runner Shalane Flanagan completed six marathons over the span of six weeks, finishing ...

Nov 08, 2021 • CBS News

The Trials Of Shalane Flanagan

Shalane Flanagan used to run like a kamikaze. She would run so hard trying to beat people from the m...

Jan 26, 2016 • FloTrack

Xavier Prep alum sets American course record at Boston Marathon

McClain, a 2010 Phoenix Xavier Prep alum, ran 2:20.49 to finish fifth at the Boston Marathon on Apri...

Apr 20, 2026 • WolverinesWire

Shalane Flanagan is the fitness hero we need right now

With all the not-so-happy news that’s transpired in recent months, Americans really, really, reall...

Nov 05, 2017 • Well+Good

Marblehead's Flanagan named NCAA Women's Indoor Track & Field Asst. Coach of the Year

Marblehead native Shalane Flanagan may no longer run competitively, but the fire to succeed on the t...

Mar 25, 2025 • The Salem News