marathon being held in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Philadelphia Marathon 2026 Cold Training for Black Runners

Running alongside people who understand both the physical demands of marathon preparation and the experience of being underrepresented in the sport can make a difference. The real advantage is not simply having someone to run beside, but knowing that when the alarm rings before sunrise and the Philadelphia streets are freezing, there are people expecting you to show up.

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photo of Kelli Blake, her hair in dreadlocks, with text" Kelli's Rundown a weekly Caribbean dispatch", with Funtimes logo

Kelli’s Rundown

A year after Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a Category 5, Montego Bay has put the storm’s wreckage on a pedestal. Together We Rise, a 62-foot monument by Jamaican sculptor Scheed Cole, was unveiled on the Hip Strip on October 28, the anniversary of landfall. Two giant hands lift a tree while people climb and build around it, and the whole thing is made from recycled material, including a light pole Melissa knocked down.

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