Tamirat Tola Wins the Beijing Marathon in the Fastest Time Seen on Chinese Roads
The Olympic champion ran 2:03:10 on Sunday, 3:56 under the course record, in the city that hosts the World Championships next September.
Full Results: 2026 Amsterdam Marathon
Diriba broke the women’s course record by 40 seconds in the rain, and Berhanu came within three seconds of the men’s. Here are the top 10 finishers in both races.
Full Results: 2026 Delhi Half Marathon
Matata took one second off the course record, and the 19-year-old Alemu won in only her second half-marathon. Here are the top 10 finishers in the international and Indian elite races.
Kenenisa Bekele Will Race the Valencia Half Marathon a Month After Pulling Out of Berlin
The 44-year-old is on the elite entry list for Oct. 25, only weeks after an Achilles injury kept him out of the Berlin Marathon. It would be his first race since New York last November.
Courtney Dauwalter Will Take Another Shot at the Olympic Trials Standard at CIM
The ultrarunner finished 1:55 outside the 2:37:00 women’s standard in Sacramento last December, and she lines up there again on Dec. 6 with a place at the 2028 Trials in St. Louis on the line.
Washington High School Girls Walk Off a Cross-Country Course to Protest a Transgender Teammate
About half of Camas High School’s girls team stepped off the course and forfeited on Tuesday. The runner they object to started the season in boys’ races, and a Nov. 3 ballot measure would end her eligibility, though not until after the state championships.
Two Former Champions Lead the Fields at the 2026 Delhi Half Marathon
Birhanu Legese, who won in 2015 and 2017, is going for a third title on Sunday. Irine Cheptai, the 2022 winner, comes back seven weeks after finishing second at the Sydney Marathon.
A Runner’s $5,748 Chicago Marathon Bill Shows the Real Cost of a Major
A running coach’s itemized list of what he spent on the Chicago Marathon went viral this week. The $266 entry fee was less than 5 percent of it, while flights, an Airbnb and getting around the city came to almost half.
Mile Zero by Zappos: Chicago 2026 with Keira D’Amato & Tanya Hvizdak
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Durability describes when—and how much—your physiological capabilities, like VO₂ max and running economy, deteriorate during prolonged exercise. The thresholds and exercise economy measured when you’re fresh can change as the miles accumulate. For runners, this raises the question of how much of that deterioration we can influence through fueling. Three recent studies approach the question … Read more
George Scholey Claims the Rubik’s Cube Mile Record in Toronto
The British speedcuber solved four cubes and ran 5:09.25, a time he is now preparing to submit to Guinness World Records for review.
Your Ultimate Guide To the 2026 Amsterdam Marathon
Geofry Kipchumba returns to defend the fastest marathon ever run on Dutch soil. Start times, broadcast, tracking, the forecast and the elite fields for Oct. 18.
Toronto Waterfront Half Marathon Pace Calculator: Your Km-by-Km Race Plan
An interactive pace plan for every kilometer of the Toronto Waterfront Half Marathon, built by mapping every turn, turnaround and change in elevation on the course, calibrated against nearly 19,000 finishers of the 2025 race, and adjusted for race-day weather.
Toronto Waterfront Marathon Pace Calculator: Your Km-by-Km Race Plan
An interactive pace plan for every kilometer of the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, built by mapping every turn, turnaround and change in elevation on the course, calibrated against nearly 7,000 finishers of the 2025 race, and adjusted for race-day weather.
Italian Ultrarunner Andrea Marcato Wins the 3,100-Mile Self-Transcendence Race for the Seventh Straight Year
The 44-year-old Italian finished the 3,100 miles in 45 days, 3:11:28, extending the longest winning streak by a man in the race’s history.
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