CAPE TOWN — The race that wanted to become Africa’s first World Marathon Major didn’t get to start. On Sunday morning, organizers of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon canceled the marathon due to high winds that toppled structures at the start and finish areas, ending months of preparation and...
AMSTERDAM — In a city that has quietly become one of road running’s fastest laboratories, the TCS Amsterdam Marathon delivered another proof point on Sunday as Kenya’s Geoffrey Toroitich Kipchumba won in 2 hours 03 minutes 30 seconds, taking nine seconds off the course record. Ethiopia’s Aynalem Desta captured...
This week's episode is sponsored by The Running Warehouse Ballarat Marathon The Running Warehouse Ballarat Marathon is back in April next year with flat and fast courses … an amazing atmosphere and heaps of fun. Sign up today at ballaratmarathon.com.au before this very popular event sells out. Julian makes progress before hitting the streets of Melbourne. Brad...
Tracking recent athletics news, we note that Femke Bol is now looking at a new challenge. What’s that, you ask. Hasn’t the second-best women’s 400 metres hurdler yet to conquer her first challenge? That would be beating the best women’s 400 metres hurdler ever, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, to a world or...
Eliud Kipchoge has spent a career shrinking the marathon’s unknowns, but one still remains: New York City. The 40-year-old two-time Olympic champion, and the only human to cover 26.2 miles in under two hours under controlled conditions, said he would start in Staten Island next month to “complete” his...
World Athletics formally ratified Yomif Kejelcha’s 57:30 from Valencia (Oct. 27, 2024), restoring order to the record books after a year of swift times and faster rumors. The Ethiopian, a world indoor champion who took silver over 10,000m in Tokyo this September, clipped one second from Jacob Kiplimo’s 2021...
Conner Mantz’s 2:04:43 in Chicago erased a 23-year-old American record, vaulting the 28-year-old into a new tier of global relevance and closing the gap between U.S. bests and East African norms. Mantz finished fourth in a race won by Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo (2:02:23), and his mark reshapes expectations for...
Written by Brett Davies - (C) Runner's Tribe October the 9th this year marked the 70th birthday of British superstar, Steve Ovett, one of the greatest middle distance runners in history. From an ordinary working class upbringing in the coastal East Sussex town of Brighton, Ovett went on to success...
December’s Valencia Marathon will stage a world-class women’s showdown: Olympic champion and reigning world champion Peres Jepchirchir against course-record holder Amane Beriso. On the men’s side, former winner Sisay Lemma headlines. As one of the sport’s fastest courses—and now a December anchor—Valencia’s field announcement is the clearest early signal...
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon returned to its fastest self, with Jacob Kiplimo surging for the men’s title in 2:02:23—one of the quickest performances in event history—and Ethiopia’s Hawi Feysa winning the women’s race in 2:14:56, a personal-best breakthrough. Switzerland’s Marcel Hug and the United States’ Susannah Scaroni...
