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New Marathon Follows Last Path Joseph and Hyrum Smith Traveled Together, Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger to Speak Before Race

"It's an appeal to LDS culture," said Chris Chauncey, the race organizer. "I think there will be a big push in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. My goal would be to have at least one person from every state."

Stories of Faith

Latter-day Saint creates one of the most exciting moments of the Olympics

By Emily Linder

Latter-day Saint Kenneth Rooks seems to have a gift not just for running but also for bringing a crowd to the edge of their seat.

From the Church

Church statement on race and the Church

The Church issued the following statement today in response to news media requests: The positions attributed to BYU professor Randy Bott in a recent Washington Post article absolutely do not represent the teachings and doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. BYU faculty members do not speak for the Church. It is unfortunate that the Church was not given a chance to respond to what others said. ...

Latter-day Saint Life

Marriage: The Race We Should Stop Running

Having a family is essential to Heavenly Father’s plan for His children’s happiness. Because of this, young single adults are wise to make finding a spouse a goal in their lives. But when does “find a spouse” become a goal that we’re pursuing with just a little (or a lot) too much vigor?

{Lifestyle} Mentally Training for a Race

By Ruthann Cunningham

Whether you’ve set the goal to complete a 5K or a marathon this year, you’ll find the coming months filled with physical preparation. In the future, I would love to give some suggestions on training for these different distances, but today I want to discuss another aspect of preparation that will have a huge impact on your final goal: mental training.

Margaret Young shares “Untold Stories of Black Mormons”

Margaret Young, a Brigham Young University English professor and one of the authors of “Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons,” gave a lecture Wednesday titled “Faith, Hope, Charity and Telling Our Stories: How we Unite in Our Communal Journey.” Her lecture included a handful of stories from the lives of Elijah Able, Jane Elizabeth Manning James, Eliza Partridge Lyman, Green Flake and others, all black members of the early Church.

Glenn Beck: Electing a Mormon president would be ‘just as historic’ as electing first black president

Today on his radio show, Glenn Beck and crew read through Spike Lee’s recent interview in Vulture and was inspired by the part where Lee compared people not liking a black president to those not wanting to vote for a Mormon. Beck made a comparison of his own, arguing that electing America’s first Mormon president would be “just as historic” as when we elected our first black president in 2008. Here’s the interesting thing; he doesn’t think either is particularly historic.

Fun

LDS Couple Wins North American Wife Carrying Championship

By LDS Living

A wife carrying race is no walk in the park, but that's exactly what Jake and Kirsten Barney of Lexington, Virginia, made it look like. Jake and Kirsten competed together in the North American Wife Carrying Championship last October in Maine. The couple took first place running the 278-yard (254-meter) race in a time of 58.26 seconds.

Famous Latter-day Saints

Will Romney Run? Even if Not, He Could Change the Presidential Election

While there's new talk of establishment Republicans attempting to push Mitt Romney into the 2016 presidential race, what their efforts may lead to is an early endorsement from the former candidate.

Black Mormons on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

When I got the call that The Daily Show with Jon Stewart wanted to talk to black Mormons about our assumed voting dilemma the first thing I said was, "how did you get my number?" Cause where I come from you guard your phone number as much as you do your social security number. After I found out who I needed to call and talk to about sharing my digits, I said, "I'll think about it and let you know." That was three months ago and obviously I eventually said yes.