Heber Alonzo Meraz

Heber Meraz Takes a Closer Look at Connecticut’s Hartford Marathon Fairfield County’s Heber Meraz offers a closer look at the annual Eversource Hartford Marathon and Half Marathon. Heber Meraz is a retired U.S. Marine Corps  Staff Sergeant, former Toys for Tots project coordinator, and an American Red Cross Lifesaving Award recipient. Having previously explored a number of the world’s biggest marathons, Meraz provides a closer look at the Connecticut capital city of Hartford’s annual event which the keen runner is set to tackle later this year. Held in and around Bushnell Park and consisting of a marathon, half marathon, and 5K race, the next annual Hartford Marathon event is due to take place this October. “The event is set to kick off at 7:55 am on Saturday, October 12, with a finish line expo and post-race festivities continuing until 2 pm,”  points out Meraz . Hartford Marathon is arranged and overseen by Hartford Marathon Foundation, Inc., a nonpro...

Heber Meraz Reveals World’s Biggest Marathons Retired U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant and keen runner Heber Meraz explores the world’s biggest marathon events. From New York City and Chicago to London and Berlin, huge marathon events are hosted yearly across the globe, routinely attracting tens of thousands of participants and similar numbers of spectators. A keen runner and retired U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant,  Heber Meraz takes  a closer look at some of the world’s biggest annual marathons. “Unsurprisingly, perhaps, Boston Marathon comes top of the list,”  reveals Meraz . “Established in 1897, it’s the world’s oldest annual marathon, held every Patriot’s Day on the third Monday of April,” he adds. Among those in the know, so-called ‘Boston qualifying times’ are considered a measure of excellence in amateur marathon running, according to Meraz. “In second place is London Marathon, famed internationally for attracting many of the world’s best...