Jiaju Zhao Breaks the Course Record at the Tor des Géants
The 31-year-old ran 65:55:22 through the Aosta Valley to become the first Chinese runner, and the first from outside Europe, to win the 330K race.
Trail and Ultras
Sixty-Six Dachshunds Raced Against Each Other At Germantown’s Running of the Weenies
Loie won the race at the 53rd Germantown Festival outside Memphis on Sept. 12, and a dachshund dressed as Dolly Parton took the best-dressed title.
Race Coverage
Two Runners Died After Collapsing at the Great North Run
Two men from the North East, both 25, collapsed at Sunday’s race in a record field of 63,000. Neither cause of death has been established.
Race Coverage
The Mental Side of Marathon Training (How to Get Beyond Bad Runs)
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Hyrox Is Refunding Entry Fees to Six Hours of the Beijing Field
Anyone whose wave started between 2:40 p.m. and 8:40 p.m. on Sept. 12, and anyone already racing at 2:40, gets the ticket price back, which nothing in Hyrox’s own terms required.
Race Coverage
John Korir Says He Is Targeting a Sub-Two-Hour Marathon in Valencia
The defending champion says he is covering 250 to 270K a week ahead of the December 6 race, where he lines up against Yomif Kejelcha, one of only two men to have broken two hours in a race.
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A 20-Year-Old Runner Was Killed by Lightning on an Evening Run in Central Florida
Matthew Jenkins was a week into a Disney internship and training for the Chicago Marathon. He is the sixth person lightning has killed in Florida this year.
Katharina Hartmuth Finishes Third Overall, Breaking Her Own Course Record, at the Tor des Géants
The German ran 330K through the Aosta Valley in 67:10:09, taking 12 hours off her own women’s course record and becoming the first woman to finish on the overall podium at the race.
Trail and Ultras
Running Had the Hyrox Problem in June and the Winner Explained Why He Kept Going
George Kusche won the 99th Comrades in 5:15:56 with his stomach in revolt, broke a record that had stood since 2008 and collected R2,322,000 (about $143,000). Asked afterwards why he did not stop, he had an answer the Hyrox argument has not heard.
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