Germán Silva, the man who went off course and still won, returns to New York City this week to be inducted into the New York Road Runners Hall of Fame. It's the 20th anniversary of his dramatic (and ...

Kevin Sieff (left) and Germán Silva run along a dirt road in Tlaxcala (The Washington Post by Luis Antonio Rojas) For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our ...

SIERRA GORDA BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Mexico — By early January, Germán Silva had run halfway across Mexico: 30 miles a day through the Sierra Madre, past befuddled cartel gunmen and bemused road crews, ...

Mexico's Silva, who was the New York City Marathon champion in 1994 and 1995, is the most charismatic winner the five-borough marathon has ever had, and probably the funniest. He's the New York Road ...

German Silva of Mexico and Tegla Loroupe of Kenya grew up in heat and have trained in heat. They felt right at home last year when they won the New York City Marathon on a day when the temperature was ...

German Silva used his race winnings to bring electricity to his hometown. Now, he’s running to honor the medical personnel on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. By Jeré Longman German Silva ...

Mexican marathoners German Silva and Benjamin Paredes were not in Miami to reprise their famous duel from the 1994 New York Marathon. They ran the Miami Half Marathon at the “people’s pace” in order ...