The starting gun for the Missoula Marathon is less than two months away. For this week's installment of our marathon minute, we asked Patt Cross, assistant coach for Run Wild Missoula's marathon training class, where runners should be at this point in their training.

She ran her first Missoula Marathon after she started going blind. Her first year was a rough one: A record heat wave hit Missoula in 2007, which was the marathon’s first year.

A few years ago Runner's Magazine named the Missoula Marathon the top marathon in the country. Friday we talked to asked a runner who has finished the marathon three times to find out what makes it so special.

Planners for the 2013 Missoula marathon say they're reviewing security plans in light of what happened in Boston, but since the attack, they say they've actually seen a surge in registration.

Missoula hosted one of the top marathons in the nation Sunday morning, and as usual it was dominated by our very own local western Montana runners.

The Missoula Marathon is Sunday July 8th at 6 a.m.The full marathon will start on Mullan Road, Frenchtown, the half marathon will start on Alpine Pt St, Blue Mountain Road, Missoula.