How young is too young to run 26.2 miles? Organizers of several major U.S. marathons—Boston and New York among them—have minimum ages of 18, but that’s not the case in Cleveland, where 16-year-old Alana Hadley will line up and compete this Sunday, May 19.

The Cleveland Marathon will mark Hadley’s 26.2-mile debut, though the tenth-grader from Charlotte, NC, is not your typical first-time marathoner. She’s already competed in two half-marathons this year, and back in February, Read More