A Record 215 Charities Will Carry Runners Into the 2027 Boston Marathon
Twenty-two organizations are in the program for the first time, and the largest teams ask their runners to raise $10,000 to $15,000.
South African Runner Found Dead In Kempton Park After Going Out for a Run
The 38-year-old ran with Team Vitality and had raced a half-marathon in Johannesburg last month. She is the only one of six women found dead around Kempton Park since July to be publicly identified.
New York Road Runners Opens Applications for the First 9+1 Drawing Thursday
Entries for the first 9+1 eligibility drawing run Sept. 17 through Sept. 29, and only runners who already hold an NYRR membership by Sept. 16 can apply.
Applications for the 2027 Chicago Marathon Open Oct. 8
The application window closes Oct. 29, and runners who finish all three of Chicago’s 2027 races are guaranteed a place in the marathon’s 50th running the year after.
Should Road Races Copy Hyrox’s New Rule on Athletes Who Soil the Course?
Hyrox can now withdraw an athlete whose bodily fluids contaminate the course, after Joanna Wietrzyk won in Beijing while visibly soiled. Marathon organizers already hold a broader power and have never once used it this way.
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Nairobi Will Host the First World Athletics Championships in Africa
World Athletics gave the 2029 edition to the Kenyan capital on Tuesday, ahead of bids from London and Rome, and handed Munich the 2031 championships.
Benny Blanco Says He Ran a Marathon With No Training After a 2:30 a.m. Bet
It was the Venice Beach Half Marathon, 13.1 miles, run in Los Angeles on May 17. The video went up on Saturday and has more than 61,000 likes.
Ultra-running legend Phil Gore Requires Surgery on His Leg Two Weeks After Project 168
The backyard ultra world record holder was told the swelling was a hematoma and sent home from one Perth hospital. A second opinion on Monday found an infection, and he was admitted to a third.
Runners Crossed Waist-Deep Water at the Racefaster Half Marathon
A flash flood warning naming Paramus and Fair Lawn was issued at 8:53 a.m. Sunday and ran until 11:30 a.m. The race started at 10 a.m., and two more warnings went out while the field was still on the course.
Lucy Gossage Becomes the First Woman to Run the Pennine Way in Under Three Days
Gossage covered the 268-mile National Trail in 70:47:15, taking almost two hours off Anna Troup’s mark and becoming the first woman on record to go under three days.
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden Wins the Ultimate Championship 200m With One of the Fastest Times in History
The 21.47 she ran into a headwind in Budapest on Sunday is the fourth-fastest 200m ever run, and it came a day after she won the 100m.
Josh Kerr Wins the Ultimate Championship 1,500m Title in Budapest
The 28-year-old kicked home in 3:29.35 on Sunday night, three hundredths faster than the run that made him world champion in the same stadium three years ago.
Registration for the 131st Boston Marathon Opens Today
The application window closes at 5 p.m. ET on Friday. Downhill qualifying times carry a penalty for the first time, and about 1,000 entries will go to a random draw.
Recap: World Athletics Ultimate Championships Day 3
Both leave Budapest with $300,000. Rumesh Pathirage threw 91.09m in the javelin, Josh Kerr won the 1,500m, and the United States finished with 10 of the 28 titles.
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