Josh Kerr runs in his home city nine days after his 3:42.66 world record, alongside Jake Wightman and Neil Gourley. No woman has ever contested a Commonwealth mile.
The Texas high schooler ran 1:43.48 at Icahn Stadium on Sunday to add the outdoor national title to the indoor crown he won in March.
Running does not wear out your knees, sweat is a poor calorie counter, and the 500-mile shoe rule is only a rough average. Here is what the research actually shows.
The Ultimate Championship, athletics’ new season-ending event, debuts in Budapest this September with a record $10 million prize pot and a field limited to Olympic, world and Diamond League champions. Here is the format, the money and the calendar problem it faces.
Hartmuth covered the 42 fells of the English Lake District in 14:11:58 on Friday, cutting 22 minutes and 28 seconds off a mark Beth Pascall set on the same date in 2020.
The world’s toughest foot race opens its 39th running Monday with no defending champion in either division and a tighter 45-hour cutoff. A look at the field, the favorites, and what has changed.
Noah Lyles ran a world-leading 9.79 and Sha’Carri Richardson took the women’s 100m, but the 2026 USATF Outdoor Championships at Icahn Stadium had a title in every event. Here are the full track finals, top eight in each.
Three months after Vinny Mauri ran 2:05:54 alone in Toledo, the fourth-fastest American in history is still self-coached, still selling shoes at a running store in Youngstown, and still without a sponsor. In October, he lines up in the Chicago Marathon’s elite field.
Hiltz has the domestic titles, the American mile record, and now a win over the best in the world. What the résumé still lacks is a global medal, and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles may be the best chance to add one.
Nike ACG’s new “Chamo Camo” collection turns the granite, limestone and forests around Chamonix into a trail camouflage print, spread across five trail shoes and a full race kit. It lands July 29, right on UTMB’s doorstep.
Hiltz, who uses they/them pronouns, edged Addy Wiley and Emily Mackay by four hundredths of a second on Saturday, running 4:06.92 for a fourth outdoor title in a row.
The B.A.A. will draw about 1,000 rejected qualifiers at random for 2027 and penalize steep downhill courses for the first time. Together the two changes make it possible to put a number on the odds that a BQ becomes a bib.
Noah Lyles ran a world-leading 9.79 to win his third US 100m title at Icahn Stadium, equalling his Olympic-gold personal best, while Sha’Carri Richardson took the women’s title in 10.77. Two comebacks, two very different ways of announcing them.
Hunter Woodhall crossed the line first in the 400m at the USATF Para Championships, then was disqualified for using a foam starting block officials ruled ineligible minutes before the gun. He’s calling it “unfathomable” and plans to protest.
About 1,000 runners who beat their qualifying standard but miss the cutoff will enter the 2027 field by random draw. Critics see a betrayal of the race’s qualifying tradition. It is better understood as an honest accounting of how entry to Boston has worked for years.
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