Nike’s Newest Super Shoe, the Alphafly 4, Sells Out in Under Five Minutes
The $280 shoe was gone from Nike’s US site in under five minutes and disappeared faster in Europe. Nike has said a wider release follows on Oct. 29.
Nike Unveils the Alphafly 4
Nike’s first Alphafly update in more than two and a half years is lighter, wider at the forefoot and $10 cheaper than the Alphafly 3 was at launch.
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.
Sixty-Six Dachshunds Raced Against Each Other At Germantown’s Running of the Weenies
Loie won the Running of the Weenies at the 53rd Germantown Festival outside Memphis on Sept. 12, beating a field of 66. A dachshund dressed as Dolly Parton took the best-dressed title.
Two Runners Died After Collapsing at the Great North Run
Two men from the North East, both 25, collapsed at Sunday’s Great North Run and later died. Neither cause of death has been established.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The New York City Marathon Is Putting Water Refill Stations on Its Course
Five self-serve Culligan stations go in at miles 8, 14, 17, 20 and 23 on Nov. 1, and not one of the race’s 25 fluid stations is going anywhere.
ASICS Built Its New Bloomstride Running Shoe for Women Only
The $150 shoe went on sale Sept. 1 on a 6mm drop, and ASICS says its fit came out of more than two million foot scans.
New Balance Sues Decathlon Over the Logo on Kiprun’s Running Shoes
New Balance went to federal court in Boston on Tuesday over a mark Decathlon insists is a stylized K, and it wants every Kiprun shoe carrying it pulled off American shelves.
Missing Ultrarunner Kalie McCrystal’s Family Say She Fell While Descending the Matterhorn
Ten days of helicopter and drone searching found no trace of the 38-year-old Canadian, and her mother and sister said Tuesday that they have accepted she died on the mountain.
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