How to Travel for a Marathon: Packing, Expo Strategy & Pre-Race Food
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Sifan Hassan and Fiona O’Keeffe Withdraw From the New York City Marathon
Hassan says an illness held back her training, and O’Keeffe had surgery last week to repair a torn hamstring tendon. Neither has raced since New York a year ago.
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Nike’s After Dark London 10K Will Cross the Runway at London City Airport
The sold-out race on Saturday, Oct. 17, can use the runway because London City stops flying at lunchtime on Saturdays, after the government refused to let it stay open later.
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A South Korean Amateur Runner Has Died After a Collapse Near the Seoul Race Finish
Yoo Ji-won, a KAIST graduate student who ran 2:56:32 at the Seoul Marathon in March, went down with about 500 meters of Sunday’s half-marathon left. No cause of death has been released.
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Adidas Is Winning the Marathon Super Shoe Arms Race
Hawi Feysa and Amos Kipruto won Chicago in the Adios Pro Evo 3 at a race Nike sponsors, and Adidas now has eight of this year’s 12 Major wins and 20 of the 36 podium places.
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A Record-Strength El Niño Could Make 2027 a Hard Year for Marathon PRs
Forecasters expect next year to be the warmest the planet has ever measured, and decades of race data show how much a few extra degrees cost marathoners at every level of the field.
Jessy Carveth
The 2026 Boston Half Field Is Led by a Two-Time Defending Champion
Fentaye Belayneh won the last two editions by a combined three seconds and ran 1:04:49 in Houston in January. In the men’s race, Habtom Samuel takes on 2023 champion Abel Kipchumba.
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Alexis Races Her First 5k | Her Taper Week Race Plan
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A Scottish Trail Runner Ran a Marathon Every Day of His Mediterranean Cruise
Paul Manson covered 299.5 km in a week on the Enchanted Princess, including one marathon made up of 185 laps of the ship’s deck and a final run down the slopes of Mount Etna while it was erupting.
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