Joshua Cheptegei, the hottest property in global endurance running, hopes to create another magical moment in his rising career as he plans an assault on the world 10,000m record at the NN Valencia World Record Day on Wednesday October 7 at Turia Stadium in Valencia, Spain.
Australian Ollie Hoare has won his second race in as many weeks. Having recently signed with the young and rapidly growing sneaker company 'ON', Hoeare Kicked off his debut as a pro with a win and a 3:34.64 1500m at the 2020 Music City Distance Carnival in Nashville. It was the fastest 1500m in the US state of Tennessee's history . It also would have been an Olympic qualifying time, however the qualifying period has been frozen, meaning the run will not count for Tokyo 2021.
The men to beat in global 800m running has cut his season short, thanks to a nagging case of Plantar Fasciits in his right foot. The 23 year old American 800m specialist has won 10 races in a row, including most recently the Monaco Diamond League (1:43.15WL) and Stockholm Diamond League events (1:43.76).
Brad ticks along, covering the ground easily then goes into plover research. Julian spends the week recovering from a marathon simulation workout. Brady gets through his workouts in torrid conditions ahead of the Half Marathon time trial. London Marathon Elite Field formally announced with Eluid Kipchoge, Keninisa Bekele and Brigid Kosgei headlining....
Jon Rankin's story is movie worthy stuff. On April 9, 2005, he became the 17th African American in history to run a sub 4-minute mile. After graduating from UCLA, he was sponsored by Nike and trained and raced in the US and Europe in preparation for the 2008 Olympics, eventually earning an alternate spot in the 1500 meters.
Brad combines running with relief teaching and has a theory on hip muscle tightness. Julian reveals what he’s been hiding off Strava in this week’s training for the London Marathon. Brady searches for the pop in the legs and has a course settled for an IRP Half Record attempt. Jessica Hull sets...
Go Be More chats with two-time Olympian and World Championships silver medalist Kara Goucher about the ups and downs of her career and how she’s working to improve the sport today.
Jessica Hull, the former Oregon Duck, former NCAA 1500 champ, and current Australian 5000m title holder, has broken the 18-year-old Australian 5000m record clocking 14:43.80, at the Monaco Diamond League.
HOKA took all the good traits from the original Carbon X and stuck with them, while replacing the things that needed some work. The upper is high-end, providing a snug sock like fit with an in-built mesh bootie. In terms of improvements from the original Carbon X; the heel pull tab is way better, and the heel cup seems to provide a better lockdown.
World Athletics has today published the list of approved competition shoes, following the amendments to Rule 5 of the Technical Rules announced on 28 July 2020. The list has been compiled following introduction of the requirement on 31 January 2020 that any new shoe that an athlete proposes to wear in international...
